Disease News

It has been revealed that a woman who was hospitalized in Taiwan after she developed a high fever, cough and shortness of breath, was the victim of a rare strain of 'bird flu'.

The bacterial pathogens that cause Lyme disease and syphilis penetrate tissue barriers. By understanding this, researchers hop to develop new treatments.

Tick bites are responsible for a high death rate in sheep, according to a new study. Researchers have called for new measures to be taken to reduce the incidence of ticks.

Pancreas disease (PD) is currently the most serious of the viral infections affecting Norwegian farmed salmon. Research indicates that the spread of the disease is affected by the environment.

Researchers have discovered a new compound that could be developed as an anti-fungal drug to treat fungal infections that are naturally drug-resistant.

Fire salamanders in the Netherlands have been suffering from a fungus that erodes their skin. The fungus has resulted in several deaths.

Several factors contribute to the persistence of the AIDS or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Highest among them are lack of compliance and lack of prevention.

The European Medicines Agency has recommended that farmers stop using certain antibiotics , citing human health concerns.

San Diego scientists say they have found a compound in the ocean off Santa Barbara, Calif., that can kill anthrax and other infectious diseases.

Recently the American Medical Association voted to classify obesity as a disease. Before the vote obesity had always been known as a condition. More than one out of three Americans throughout the nation are obese.