Mosquito bites are annoying at best, and at worst can lead to diseases such as malaria, Zika virus and West Nile virus. New reports show that mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found in at least seven states...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has conducted a major study on the causes of death in the world. The most common causes were non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. WHO noted that early diagnosis of these diseases can reduce the number of deaths. About…

At least one person has died and 227 people are hospitalized due to an unspecified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The BBC published the details. According to doctors, patients have a wide range of symptoms - from nausea to seizures and fainting. The cause of the disease...

The US National Academy of Sciences has identified the possible causes of the mysterious illnesses of diplomats in Cuba and China. Such diseases were also reported by intelligence officers who visited Russia, so Moscow's role in this was also considered in the report of the Academy of Sciences. Writes about this BBC. Mysterious ...

In just the week ended January 11, there were 11 cases of influenza in New York State. This is three times more than in the same period a year earlier. This is reported by the New York Post with reference to the State Department of Health. ...

35 people in the United States have been diagnosed with the rare fungal infection Candida auris (C. auris), which has a high mortality rate and is resistant to most antifungal drugs. A clinical warning about the risk of spreading this disease in the United States was issued in June 2016 ...

A 16-year-old girl is hospitalized with bubonic plague in Oregon. Doctors believe she became infected after being bitten by an infected flea during a hunting trip. The state Department of Health reported that the teenager's first signs of illness appeared on October 21, five days later...