Vaccine exemptions overall are also on the rise. Almost 1,800 students in Allegheny County submitted medical, religious or ...

The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that people who experienced multiple shingles outbreaks had a measurably ...

A new study suggests that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia by reducing the risk of varicella-zoster virus ...

Every year, this illness makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. This time, some parents and pediatricians ...

Years after the reign of Warren Jeffs, the Short Creek community on the Utah-Arizona border is focused on rebuilding. Missed ...

Alerts have been issued about the rising number of chickenpox cases in Northern New South Wales this year. Meanwhile, ...

Cruise ships are seeing a record year for outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses. So far, there have been 20 outbreaks on the vessels, mostly of norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease ...

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Nearly 80 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak on an Oceania Cruises ship. Among the 637 guests aboard its Oceania Insignia ship, 74 reported being ill, along with one crew member, the Centers for ...

BULAPE, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization announced that the last Ebola patient in Congo’s latest outbreak was discharged over the weekend and no new cases have been reported since Sept. 25.

Washington County Public Schools reported hand, foot and mouth disease outbreaks at eight schools since Sept. 1. The disease is contagious but usually not serious, and it is common during the summer ...