As global temperatures rise, the spread of infectious diseases is rapidly evolving in unexpected ways. That’s something that Dr. Angelle Desiree LaBeaud thinks about a lot. A physician-scientist, ...

A single contaminated ingredient in the recent E. coli outbreak revealed how quickly modern food service can transform from a network of restaurants into a web of transmission. The incident wasn't ...

In December 2022, China lifted the stringent COVID-19 restrictions it had imposed early in the pandemic, and infections throughout the country rapidly increased. In response, some countries restricted ...

Most people associate foot fungus with sweaty gym environments, but medical experts reveal this persistent infection has sneakier ways of spreading. Dr. Michael Thompson at Northwestern Medicine ...

When the COVID pandemic hit, many people turned to the eerily prescient film "Contagion" (2011) for answers—or at least for catharsis. Suddenly, its hypothetical plot felt all too real. Applauded for ...

Health experts say they have identified some mutations to the strain of meningitis B bacteria that is responsible for the ...

Norovirus is an extremely contagious “vomiting bug” that spreads through food, water, and surfaces contaminated with tiny particles of vomit or fecal matter. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning about a rise in cases involving a fungus in the Midstate. TDH is warning clinicians and laboratories of an increase in ...

According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), three out of 150 veterinarians working with large animals unknowingly contracted bird flu. The discovery was made ...

Two people have died and 11 are reported seriously ill following an outbreak of "invasive" meningitis at the University of ...

Meningitis B: What are the symptoms and how does it spread? - Warnings to be vigilant for signs of infection after 29 cases ...