Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF Infectious disease spread is increasingly common due to ...

Small daily habits make a big difference in preventing infections. A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection that affects any part of the urinary system, including the bladder, urethra, ...

At least two cases of listeria have been linked to ice cream in the Baltimore metro area, prompting health and safety concerns. Listeria is a bacterium that can contaminate food and cause serious, ...

This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication. Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center’s Dr.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

SAN ANTONIO – In the wake of recent flooding in the Texas Hill Country, health experts are sounding the alarm on the hidden dangers of infections and injuries from contaminated floodwaters. Dr. Lee ...

Dogs are individuals, and there is no way to prevent all of their problems all of the time. If you want to stop most of their ear problems most of the time, you can use the simple cleaning and ...

It's been more than 10 years since the 2014 Ebola epidemic, when the often-fatal viral infection spread from remote villages in Central Africa, leading to the world's largest outbreak since the virus' ...

Infectious disease spread is increasingly common due to travel, human-animal contact, and climate trends. Experts shared the emerging diseases they're most concerned about and how to prevent them.