Over a dozen people are seriously unwell in hospital and two people have died from an outbreak of meningitis in the UK, ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO(2) to catch bacterial infections. MEMPHIS, ...

There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?

The meningitis outbreak in Kent, in southeastern England, is caused by a bacterial infection and is therefore contagious, contrary to a misleading Facebook post that gained traction on X claiming ...

Medications such as nasal decongestants and cough suppressants may help manage symptoms of upper respiratory infections. Most respiratory infections clear up with self-care at home. A respiratory ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 19.8 million people around the world died from heart disease in 2022, with about 85% of these deaths attributed to stroke and heart attack.

Getting sick is always uncomfortable and inconvenient. The good news is that you can prevent many common types of illness. Critical role of vaccines in general health Vaccines can help control and ...

Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse gut ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...