A large international study found that early-life exposure to phthalates, common chemicals in plastics, is modestly ...

New Jersey residents are at a greater risk for measles now that the state no longer has herd immunity. Public health experts ...

Researchers in China say the bacteria in your gut—and beyond—may play a role in your chance of developing one of the leading ...

Individual expectations about one's health can influence future condition and speed of the progression of a disease: in fact, ...

Ambroxol, long used for coughs in Europe, stabilized symptoms and brain-damage markers in Parkinson’s dementia patients over ...

A safe and affordable treatment to slow the advancement of Parkinson's dementia has emerged – in the form of a commonly ...

The potential for aerosol generation during bronchoscopy to facilitate the transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria remains incompletely understood. This study aimed to assess the risk of ...

As more pet owners are outdoors with their dogs to hike and explore, an uptick of blastomycosis cases, a fungal disease ...

The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...

Researchers have identified two new drug families that block a key tuberculosis (TB) enzyme, offering hope for novel ...

IN the bustling marketplace of Marina, a suburb of Sokoto city in Northwest Nigeria, glass bottles and sachets filled with ...