A cat-borne parasite that infects about 40 million people in the United States may cause adults to be more frail as they age, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The parasite is ...

Pakistani authorities issued a warning on Monday to pregnant women and elderly about the dangers posed by a sweltering heatwave sweeping the country, with temperatures soaring as high as 53 degrees ...

The NHS has encouraged eligible people to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV infections can be dangerous to children and older people, leading to severe lung infections ...

Rising air pollution in India is increasingly affecting pregnant women, leading to risks such as premature birth, low birth ...

Susan Voss has been a pediatrician in Jefferson City for 24 years. For decades, she's hoped for a solution to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). RSV causes symptoms like the common cold. For most ...

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a standardised system that measures and reports daily air pollution levels. It tells you how clean or polluted the current air is. Major components of the AQI index are ...

NEW YORK -- As U.S. health officials investigate a fatal outbreak of listeria food poisoning, they're advising people who are pregnant, elderly or have compromised immune systems to avoid eating ...

The word "geriatric" may conjure images of retirement homes or the elderly, but in some cases, it's being used to describe ...