Epidemiology is a tool, in many ways, to understand the distribution of disease in populations, and the factors that lead to higher or lower rates of disease and ways of effectively preventing disease ...

"I didn’t leave you for four months. I got a staph infection because I lived in a hospital,” Kardashian told Odom when they ...

The Kent outbreak that has killed two people ...

Wastewater surveillance is one key way Utah public health officials know that measles, one of the most contagious illnesses ...

Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S.

However, in certain regions of the United States, freshwater fun can carry a little-known risk — a parasitic flatworm called Heterobilharzia americana. Once considered rare and geographically limited, ...

A respiratory virus without a specific treatment or vaccine is surging in several states across the U.S. Here's what we know ...

Kaydin Ruiz's infection spiraled into a life-threatening illness that caused the amputation of her legs and one arm ...

The California Department Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers and businesses not to eat, serve, or sell raw ...

What started as a sinus infection left a Long Island teenager fighting for his life, requiring emergency brain surgery.

Bacterial meningitis is once again in global headlines, with recent cases linked to the University of Otago in New Zealand and a fast-growing outbreak at the University of Kent in England.

There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly ...