Because measles is so contagious, experts say that vaccination rates need to be above about 95 percent to stem the spread of ...

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Bijou Phillips, the 45-year-old actress, has made a public plea for a living kidney donor as she faces serious health ...

Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us ...

A sequencing study conducted in Uganda reveals that one in four people has been exposed to a deadly hemorrhagic virus.

The number of people getting sick with influenza B has gone up for three weeks straight, now making up about a third of flu cases nationwide.

Travelers are being encouraged to stay vigilant to a potential health hazard in a tropical getaway.

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), ...

Capcom and biotech art group LOM BABY bring Resident Evil’s T-virus to Shibuya PARCO, explaining the exhibit, safety claims, and real biotech context ...

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare but serious brain infection. It gradually destroys brain tissue ...

Bijou Phillips is facing another serious health setback and now urgently needs a second kidney transplant. The post Bijou ...

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