For parents up and down the country news that two young people have died and 11 others are seriously ill after contracting ...

Caitlin Clark has not started for Team USA in the FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament, but that hasn’t stopped her from doing what she does best: shooting and playmaking. In Team USA’s 110-46 ...

But in some cases, the parasite reaches the nervous system and causes a form of meningitis called eosinophilic meningitis. That can mean headaches, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, fever, strange ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been steadily rising since winter began, but new data suggests the virus is surging in Northern California.

A climate scientist explains why Earth is 'running a fever' and how climate change impacts health, the economy, and daily life.

Since its first documentation in 1976, there have been more than three dozen outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Central and West Africa, the largest of which resulted in the deaths of more than ...

Think cold weather makes you sick? Learn what really causes winter illness—and why that drippy cold‑air nose is usually ...

Hay fever is a common allergy affecting one in five people which leaves sufferers sneezing, coughing and with itchy eyes for months every year. However it has no cure, leaving those with the condition ...

Dear Doctors: At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to ...

The so-called "Oroya fever" is an extremely severe infectious disease, yet it is classified among the so-called neglected tropical diseases. This is because the infection occurs - so far - exclusively ...

Napoleon, the remains of his lice-ridden army, and typhus. (Art by Carlos Ayala/Courthouse News, using some AI-generated elements) (CN) — In June 1812, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte led his troops ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is a fever? I mean, when I should worry about my temperature? I usually run slightly below normal. -- A.O.A. ANSWER: Although 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) is ...