Massachusetts health officials are investigating one case of healthcare-associated Legionnaires' disease involving a patient at a Boston-area hospital.

Hypertension (high blood pressure) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Learn how damage from ...

Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

A bout of measles sends the immune system into shock, demolishing critical cells that help our bodies respond to threats.

A rare, fatal brain disorder has been linked to measles infections and can appear years after apparent recovery.

Jim Abrams offers an update on the status and spread of chronic wasting disease in Ohio's white-tailed deer herds and beyond.

Washtenaw County is now the 15th county in the state where the Department of Natural Resources has identified chronic wasting ...

The most recent known case of rabies in La Plata County occurred in June 2023 when a bat found in a Durango home tested positive for the virus. While there was no direct human contact, exposed ...

Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...

West Texas measles outbreak kills multiple victims including a child while experts warn the virus destroys immune memory ...

Authorities in Morocco have been scrambling to contain an outbreak of measles, a contagious and potentially fatal disease that had nearly been eradicated in the kingdom but has rebounded as ...