Medicine & TechnologyFlorida has been seeing a tremendous rise in leprosy cases, though the exact drivers of the growth remain a mystery. Read to learn more.
Experts are baffled by a mysterious illness called Morgellons disease characterized by non-healing skin lesions with crawling or stinging sensations. Read the article to find out more.
2 new cases of monkeypox have been reported in England. How is this infectious disease spreading and how can it be prevented? Read on to find the answers.
People with tuberculosis may not be infected with COVID-19 at the same time, a new study in mice suggested. Find out more about the new discovery here.
A new study on foot-and-mouth disease in African buffalo could help explain how some extremely infectious pathogens are able to continue and reach the prevalent stage in a population long after they have burned through their first pool of vulnerable hosts.
As the United Kingdom begins to ease its restrictions against COVID-19, a new outbreak is on the rise: Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug.
New research recently showed active cancer patients admitted at the hospital were more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who have a history of cancer or don't have any diagnosis of cancer.
MIT researchers debunked policies by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on social distancing, as such won't pose as much a threat for COVID-19 transmission as air currents indoors.
A study showed that microbe-carrying aerosol droplets shoot up in the air as public toilets are flushed, confirming previous studies that public restrooms are hotbeds for viruses, potentially COVID-19.
British researchers found out that chlorinated swimming pool water can effectively inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 in just 30 seconds.
SARS-CoV-2, may have originated in bats, but how it gets transmitted to people has now been the subject of strong speculation and is currently being investigated by the World Health Organization (WHO).