"Disease-causing organisms" may be found in the ... the recent fires in Southern California have been issued a notice to boil tap water before consuming or cooking. On Wednesday, Jan.

To effectively kill microorganisms like bacteria, viruses or protozoans that can cause disease, the Virginia Department of Health said residents should bring tap water to a full rolling boil ...

Throughout our lives, we’re exposed to all sorts of bacteria, viruses and other bugs. These infections don’t arrive one by one – they’re often overlapping, and our immune system is ...

Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral STI in the United States, affecting women four times more often than men. An estimated 1 million new trichomoniasis infections occur each year. Caused by ...

China describes the rise in respiratory infections as a common seasonal trend during winter despite reports of a flu outbreak overwhelming hospitals. Authorities maintain that the situation is ...

Health officials have reported a rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections among children ages 14 and under in China, but the exact magnitude of this uptick is unclear. When you purchase ...

The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent ...

In early December, international alarm bells went off because of a mysterious disease circulating in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and ...

VILLAGE OF HUBBELL, Mich. (WLUC) - Upper Michigan Water Company (UMWC) customers in Hubbell and Lake Linden are no longer under a boil advisory. UMWC says the precautionary boil advisory was ...

Infections are among the most significant medical challenges. The relationships between microbes and their hosts are also essential drivers of evolution. At the Max Planck Institute for Infection ...