Measles is spreading in the US and causing a headache for patients and doctors alike, but one group of researchers may have found a way to make...

The types of fleas that spread the deadly bubonic plague in the Middle Ages appear to live in New York City, but that doesn’t have to be cause for...

A newly approved medication targets two potentially deadly fungal infections.

The infamous rat may not have caused the Black Death after all.

A US nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a patient is planning to sue her employer.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning patients and hospitals about a deadly germ called Clostridium difficile...

You may have heard of the old adage, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." When it comes to HIV, it turns out that prevention may be...

Detecting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) just got easier, especially for patients in less developed areas of the world.

In the last three years, there have been many advances in treating hepatitis C, which can not only offer patients more treatment options but also...

Southern Indiana has seen 26 confirmed and four preliminary cases of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) since December, health officials announced...

Avian flu, also known as H7N9, has been a mystery scientists have been trying to crack since it emerged as a global health threat in 2013....

According to recent reports, 179 patients at a University of California, Los Angeles, medical center may have been exposed to a deadly "superbug."...