A remote gold mining town is under siege, as medical workers struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections.

KERSHAW — The town of Kershaw has one confirmed case of West Nile Virus, according to Lancaster County officials. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control verified the case on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The town of Winthrop has been deemed high risk for West Nile Virus infection after a mosquito has tested positive for the virus, ...

BELLOWS FALLS — The Vermont Department of Health has alerted Rockingham residents that a mosquito pool in the town has tested positive for the West Nile virus. Town Health officer and Bellows Falls ...

In a town in Uganda close to the Congolese border, health workers are training people to handle Ebola cases. Trainees, clad in special gear, are learning to protect themselves and others amid the ...

Routine public health surveillance in Cape Town has identified two strains of polio virus in wastewater, prompting increased monitoring by health officials, but there is no cause for public alarm.