From poor diets to chronic stress and sedentary jobs, women in their early 30s are increasingly battling lifestyle diseases.

Learn about how airborne diseases spread, the common types, how to prevent them, and more.

Vector-borne diseases happen when disease-causing pathogens are transmitted from one host to another. Learn more about their causes, symptoms, and treatments.

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have uncovered evidence of 214 ancient pathogens within the DNA of prehistoric humans, ...

Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical—one that can kill them at high enough ...

Every pathogen carries with it a toolkit for infection — the types of tools in the kit, and the size of the kit, however, can vary significantly. Viruses generally travel quite light.

We are taking a look at which diseases we are seeing in our area and what you can do to protect yourself and your family.

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research ...

Airborne diseases spread easily and are difficult to prevent. Learn more about the types of airborne diseases and how to protect yourself.

More than half the known human diseases can be made worse by climate- change-related weather disasters such as warming and flooding, a new study says.

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the environment by humans. Around the world, pathogens and parasites are ...