Fungicides are similar to the drugs given to patients. So the fungus becomes resistant to the fungicide and, at the same time ...

The runny nose, the coughing – while the discomfort is never fun, knowing if you (or your children) have a virus or just ...

A plant compound in a popular skin-care ingredient shows antibacterial potential, revealing a new way to target ...

A Southeast Portland middle school is the latest measles exposure site in Oregon — a particular concern among health ...

Paediatricians have warned that untreated ear infections in children can progress into life-threatening complications, including meningitis, if not promptly diagnosed and properly treated.The child ...

Research has shown that many travellers underestimate the need for protection when visiting familiar holiday hotspots in and around Europe ...

New research shows the common cold virus may stay hidden in the body and spread without symptoms long after recovery.

Underfunded, understaffed, and under siege by government budget cuts: What we found when we went inside the new US hospital ...

UNAIDS commends the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the United States for their commitment to further increase access to long-acting HIV prevention medication. In a recent statement they ...

Applying chlorhexidine, a simple antiseptic, to the umbilical cord likely lowers the risk of cord infection in low- and ...

SA's first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir — 37 920 doses — arrived last week at OR Tambo Airport via two shipments from Dublin. The batches reached the country six ...