Infected bug bites may require a course of antibiotics. Seek urgent medical treatment if you develop red skin streaks, the bite area spreads, your pain worsens, or you develop symptoms of sepsis ...

The government has set aside £11.8bn to compensate victims of the infected blood scandal, after a public inquiry found the authorities had covered up the scale of the problem. More than 30,000 ...

On Feb. 10, the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) reported a case of the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) in a worker who had exposure to infected dairy cattle at a farm in ...

Researchers identified an enzyme that helps Plasmodium-infected red blood cells adhere to the placenta, providing molecular insights into placental malaria. Sneha Khedkar is an Assistant Editor at The ...

US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced criticism from experts after incorrectly addressing the measles outbreak in ...

While rats are the primary hosts of this infection, snails and slugs can act as intermediate hosts, and humans can become infected by consuming them raw or undercooked. Dr. Joseph Zunt ...

The deadly bird flu may have already infected at least some of the half-million stray cats roaming the Big Apple, animal activists warn — a troubling scenario that could threaten humans ...

Of the 67 human cases of bird flu detected in the U.S. beginning in April 2024, one of the only patients infected with D1.1 was in Louisiana. The Louisiana patient died earlier this year ...

Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle. Nevada’s first case was found in Churchill County, the Central Nevada Health District announced on Monday.

The conjunctiva keeps your eyeballs moist. When it's infected, the blood vessels swell and turn the white part of your eye bright red. Pink eye symptoms will vary based on the type of ...

Pink eye - also known as conjunctivitis - is an eye infection that happens when the thin outer membrane of the eye, called the conjunctiva, becomes infected and inflamed. "It's the most common ...

Gardeners have been issued a warning over 'infected' bird feeders that can pose a health risk to several species of birds. As March looms, the nesting season will see young birds gradually ...