Inflammation can trigger heart attacks in people with coronary artery disease. It can also exacerbate heart failure symptoms and irregular or rapid heartbeats, leading to hospitalization, the hospital ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

The family-owned farm is the latest victim of the deadly outbreak hitting poultry, dairy herds and people across the nation.

Nairobi: An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa s health agency said Thursday, up from eight suspected deaths ...

The Neosho egg producer Opal Foods is destroying a flock of about 1,585,000 chickens and the Newton County Health Department is monitoring about 30 Opal Foods employees after an outbreak of bird flu ...

Getting the Shingrix vaccine after the age of 50 can reduce your chances of developing the painful skin condition known as ...

Norovirus spreads very easily, and people may still be contagious even a week or two after recovering. The main danger is dehydration. No drugs cure norovirus.

Illinois had at least 103 outbreaks of the stomach bug norovirus in November and December – a dramatic increase from previous years, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

It's helpful to know that only infectious conjunctivitis (meaning pink eye caused by viruses or bacteria) is contagious.

The highly contagious virus has wreaked havoc on flocks of chickens, and Mainers are now seeing the impacts in local stores ...

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

As bird flu cases in the United States have begun to surface over the past year, public health officials continue to raise ...