An 88-year-old man is recovering after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria, vibrio vulnificus, in Collier County. The man, Albert Allison, is unsure how he was infected as he was fishing from a dock ...

Twitch star PlaqueBoyMax has been hospitalized for 10 days while battling an illness that’s leaving doctors puzzled.

As the Bay Area heads into another flu and COVID-19 season, the Medical Director of Infectious Diseases at Sutter Health told Patch on Tuesday that he is urging residents to get vaccinated and stay ...

TODAY.com’s Never Have I Ever series offers guidance about procedures and practices our trusted health experts would never participate in. Discover why they should be avoided and which healthy ...

A school-age child in Los Angeles County who had measles as an infant has died of a rare complication, the county health department said Thursday. The child was infected before they were eligible to ...

Communities of microorganisms in the gut, called the microbiota, are crucial for human health. Research has focused mainly on bacteria, which are the most numerous microbes in the gut, but fungi are ...

A deadly, little-known parasitic infection known as Chagas disease, once considered to only be a threat abroad, may be endemic in the United States, researchers argue in a new study. Chagas disease is ...

"I do not want this to happen to anybody else," Genevieve Gallagher said. A Florida woman and mom of three is speaking out and sharing a warning after she contracted and nearly died from a bacterial ...

A member of the Athens Rock Lobsters inaugural season was killed early Sunday in a traffic accident in British Columbia, Canada. Orca Wiesblatt, 25, recorded 42 points (17 goals, 25 assists) in 37 ...

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an alert urging people to get tested for sexually transmitted infections. It warned in a post on X: "Taking responsibility for your sexual health is important, ...