Certain bacteria typically found in the mouth and throat may be a trigger for heart attacks, recent research suggests.

In summary, the new findings show that one in five older adults is at risk of infection months after heart surgery, and that women and Black patients are especially vulnerable.

General Motors has shut down an engineering facility in Warren after two employees there reportedly tested positive for ...

The number of emergency department visits for pneumonia more than doubled last fall over the previous year, the Canadian ...

Merck's pneumococcal vaccine triggered immune responses in children and teens who are at higher risk of serious illness in a ...

Comorbidities, advanced age, arrival by ambulance, and increased heart rate may raise the risk for sepsis-related hospital ...

Iowa public health officials now say there have been 34 cases of Legionnaires' disease in Marshall County since August. The ...

Officials say cooling towers are the likely source of a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Marshalltown that has killed one person and sickened 34.

The Westchester County Department of Health is urging caution after a rise in Legionnaires’ disease cases locally, mirroring ...

The number of Legionnaires' disease cases among Marshalltown residents was up to 34 on Tuesday, as public health officials ...

With the number of local Legionnaires’ disease cases up to 34 as of Tuesday afternoon, State Epidemiologist Dr. Matthew ...