While variolation could lead to further transmission of live pox virus and itself was occasionally ... It fails, however, to capture the reality and vibrancy of disease eradication and elimination ...

The New York City doc warned against a practice that’s rumored to have picked up in Texas, where nearly 200 cases of measles ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is sending out an urgent warning to homeowners. They’re hoping people will clean ...

Dr. Tom Carpino, who recently earned his Ph.D. in infectious disease epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, is investigating the stigma associated with monkeypox, or mpox, and collecting data ...

THE HSE has alerted the public to the symptoms of a common infectious disease that can be “dangerous” for pregnant women and ...

DOCTORS are warning parents that ‘chickenpox parties’ are never a good idea. The gatherings – which aim to expose children to ...

In the most severe cases, it can be fatal. For a long time, mpox was understood to be a purely zoonotic disease, meaning it was transmitted from animals to humans. This changed in 2022 when ...

Way back in 1858 Nongqawuse, a prophetess of the Xhosa tribe in South Africa had a vision telling her that all cattle of the ...

The findings built on a growing body of evidence implicating the herpes virus in neurodegenerative disease and also turned research attention to a second virus that causes chicken pox. Editor's ...

Since 2007, the disease has occurred in various red squirrel ... As well as carrying the squirrel pox virus, grey squirrels also out-compete the smaller reds in the search for food and habitat.

Penn State University has confirmed three cases of chicken pox on its main campus in State College. Students and staff who were in Mifflin Hall between Feb. 17 and 24 or in the Thomas Building on Feb.