DENVER (AP) — Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: ...

Trench fever came to prominence during World War I, but new research suggests that the disease afflicted people long before the 20th century. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Infectious diseases ...

Trench fever, which is spread through the droppings of body lice, was once common among soldiers fighting in the trenches during World War I. More and more homeless Canadians are being diagnosed with ...

A disease that afflicted soldiers mired in trench warfare during World War I has been detected among some homeless people in Canada, according to reports. A study published Monday in the Canadian ...

A close cousin of the bacterium that debilitated thousands of World War I soldiers has been isolated at UCSF from a patient who had been on an international vacation. The woman, who has since ...

Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call in June from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the ...

Four cases of trench fever, a rare condition spread by lice that affected soldiers during World War I, have been identified in Denver this year, Kaiser Health News reports. Trench fever is caused by ...

First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield.

A disease infamous for sickening soldiers during World War I is popping up again among one of the most vulnerable populations: people struggling with homelessness. In a new case report out this week, ...

Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of ...