With the addition of nearly 300 dengue fever cases, the number of cases in Malaysia is nearly 26,000 in the first two months of 2016. This is slightly higher than the 23,966 cases through February last...

A two-year clinical trial that compared three drugs for diabetic macular edema (DME) found that gains in vision were greater for participants receiving the drug Eylea (aflibercept) than for those receiving...

It is estimated that as many as 1 in 200 children are affected by PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections), according to the PANDAS Network. During...

After reporting more than 200,000 dengue fever cases and 600 deaths during 2015, the Philippines has recorded nearly 13,000 cases during the first five weeks of this year, according to the latest data...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (February 29) investigating a confirmed case of invasive meningococcal infection, a communicable disease transmitted by direct...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of Zika virus infection in a pregnant woman who traveled to an area of ongoing Zika transmission. This is the second confirmed case of...

Bank voles are small rodents that are not dangerous by themselves, but their excreta can contain one of the dangerous hantaviruses. While bank voles are unaffected by the infection, hantaviruses can cause...

State public health officials have identified the first case of Zika virus infection in Montana in an adult female from Missoula County who returned from a Zika-affected area. The infected individual is...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reported on Thursday that 204 people have been hospitalized, and three people have died in Oklahoma since reporting for the current flu season began Oct....

Michigan health officials have identified the first confirmed case of Zika virus in a Michigan resident.  The patient, a female resident of Ingham County, contracted the virus when traveling in a country...