This Compound May Lead to an AIDS Vaccine
It has only been tested in monkeys, but a new compound appears highly effective at blocking HIV, raising hopes that it could lead to an AIDS...
It has only been tested in monkeys, but a new compound appears highly effective at blocking HIV, raising hopes that it could lead to an AIDS...
Malaria has been confirmed near Myanmar’s border with India. But this isn’t just any kind of malaria.
The virus strain behind a recent measles outbreak at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, may be tied to another recent outbreak in the Philippines, reports...
Talk of chicken pox often brings up itchy childhood memories, but the virus behind the illness may be tied to other issues that are a bit harder...
It began with one case in mid-March of last year in Guinea. Since then, Ebola has spread to several countries — mostly in West Africa — and taken...
Next time someone tells you to put your money where your mouth is, you may want to think twice about doing so.
When a patient has a sore throat but not strep, doctors usually prescribe rest and lots of fluids. However, aching throats may warrant more...
The US is set to withdraw nearly all of its troops deployed to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa — a sign of the disease's recent slowdown....
As more and more patients are diagnosed, measles is quickly reaching the forefront of the public's health concerns.
Smokers, it’s never too late to quit — and there may now be even more good reasons to do so.
The next three weeks may be crucial in determining the Los Angeles Clippers’ playoff seeding.
Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its experimental hepatitis C treatment may be able to reverse hepatitis C in as little as six...
Some parents have raised concerns that vaccinating young girls against HPV, a sexually transmitted illness, might lead to more unsafe sexual...
In the past, patients with Lyme disease — a disease spread through the bites of ticks — had a single doctor visit and were prescribed antibiotics....
A day care in suburban Chicago has found five babies in its care infected with measles, continuing a measles surge that has already hit 14 states...
Republican Senator Thom Tillis said he’d be alright with restaurants washing their hands of hand-sanitation laws.
Measles just surpassed Ebola in the arena of public health hysteria.
An effort to cure Ebola was halted today due to a lack of available patients, despite a modest wave of new cases in West Africa, reports Deutsche...