Caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae, the contagious infection attacks the skin and peripheral nerves, with ...

Source: AAP / Dean Lewins Six people have been hospitalised as hundreds of thousands are warned to monitor for symptoms after a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Sydney's busy city centre.

Six people have contracted Legionnaires' disease after spending time in Sydney's CBD over the past three weeks. People who have been in the CBD over the past 10 days are advised to remain alert ...

Itchy skin, or pruritus, can be a symptom of liver disease. However, not everyone with liver disease experiences itching, and the specific causes of this itching are unknown. Treatment for itching ...

Vaccines remain a cornerstone of prevention, but low vaccination rates, waning immunity in older adults, or the absence of available vaccines — as is the case with HSV — highlight the need for new ...

In view of the growing incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and diabetes, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd will invest ₹6,000 crore over five years to add 3,500 beds ...

What's more, "strep" – which also causes a bizarre flesh-eating disease – had become shockingly resistant to common antibiotics. Group A streptococcus (GAS) – which may be best known by one ...

It was the last day of his multistate Make American Healthy Again tour, designed to highlight various aspects of Mr. Kennedy’s plan to fight chronic disease, such as healthy school lunches and ...

Risdiplam is used to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare-genetic disease that causes muscle weakness and atrophy due to damage to nerve cells in the spinal cord, leading to difficulty in ...

Kristina Hamilton has Diffuse Systemic Scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that causes the body to produce tissue thicker than it should be. The incurable condition has already caused ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from ...

British icon and music legend Robbie Williams has revealed he was diagnosed with scurvy, which he described as a '17th Century pirate disease'. The star told the Mirror that he had been taking an ...