Epidemic News

Please don't feel sorry for the person I'm about to tell you about. Peter, a long-time friend and business associate recently sold his company, and life has not been easy for him.

The number of measles cases in Swansea and Powys has risen by 20, bringing the total to 1,125, public health officials have said.

This undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and Sars, which was first identified last year in the Middle East.

The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.

Prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it, the state inspector general said Monday.

Prescription drug abuse is our nation's fastest-growing drug problem. Yet, so far natonal and state efforts in this area amount to not much more than baby steps.

Antibiotic resistant superbugs are on the rise in hospitals. A new "superbug zapper" is being used at UCLA Medical Center.

There has been a rising epidemic sweeping America and victimizing persons who choose to have a "bully breed" dog as their companion animal.

Caseworkers helped 50% of HIV-positive people in New York City who had dropped out of care re-engage with HIV medical care, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS .

Sugar, and especially the high-fructose corn syrup that sweetens many processed foods and nearly all soft drinks, has been justly demonized for adding nutritionally empty calories to our diet and causing metabolic disruptions linked to a variety of diseases.

We summarise the points made by a live chat panel on how the global health community can work towards eliminating NTDs NTDs aren't as remote or obscure as many think: Trachoma and worms used to be endemic to the US and Europe, but were eliminated through improvements in hygiene, sanitation and access to medical care.

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism.

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism.

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism.

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"Someone may dismiss early memory problems as normal aging, but there's actually a fair amount of evidence to say that memory is one of our cognitive abilities that should actually stay relatively stable throughout our lifespan," said Dr.

An obese one-legged woman from the US died while on holiday after airline officials refused her flights because she was too fat A GOVERNMENT backed study is investigating whether to back a fat tax on McDonalds, KFC and other fast foods in a bid to tackle Australia's obesity epidemic.

Getting enough deep sleep is arguably one of the most important and overlooked factors for good health.

A new, casually transmittable infection - a unique strain of bacterial meningitis - has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again.

A potentially fatal hog virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea, has been found in the United States for the first time, government and private industry officials said on Friday, posing a new threat for the country's struggling pork producers.