Parasitic diseases, which are passed on to people via parasites found in contaminated food, water, soil or bugs that bite humans, can be relatively uncommon in some parts of the world. In other ...

Infectious diseases also known as contagious diseases, transmissible diseases or communicable diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that infect a host organism and can be spread ...

The study of infectious diseases focuses on all aspects of the development of diseases including HIV, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Students in this field study topics like host ...

Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

In comparison, mortality rates of other infectious diseases include ... very painful and somewhat debilitating so it is kind of scary in that sense," Gulick says. But the average healthy person ...

During an appearance on the Today show Thursday — during which she sported a funky, new pink hairdo — Twain said stripping down was "really scary," but "so empowering." "I don't love looking ...

Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk to public health, according to a new study from researchers at Cornell ...