Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering ...

Recent research revealed that mosquitoes may be able to spread diseases across long distances by traveling via high-altitude ...

Advocates and patients with rare diseases spent Tuesday morning talking with lawmakers and educating the public as part of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat broadcast highlighted the critical issue of obesity, citing WHO data that ...

Deviations from normal weather patterns are putting several regions in the U.S. at risk for an uptick of disease-spreading pests, a pest-management group says.

Highly accurate sexually- transmitted infection testing with same-day results has been estimated to lead to a 33 per cent ...

The field of mosquito microbiome research has gained significant attention due to its potential implications for vector-borne ...

UPMC said it is requiring anyone who goes inside their health care facilities to wear masks to help prevent the spread of ...

Pathogens are constantly evolving to become resistant to treatment in the perpetual battle between humans and infectious ...

An STD is an infection that you get from someone else by having sex. You can get an STD by having vaginal sex (penis in the vagina), anal sex (penis in the rectum), or oral sex (penis in the mouth ...

The disease was first detected in Louisiana in 2022 after it likely migrated over the Mississippi-Louisiana border. It has primarily spread in the northeastern region of the state. Johnathan ...

Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or spread from one person to another through touch or saliva. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease can live in the blood.