Leaving a belly button infection untreated can lead to more serious complications, including sepsis, a life-threatening blood infection.

Meredith R. Klifto, MD, is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill. As a board-certified ophthalmologist, she specializes in ...

Fever in children isn't usually a cause for concern because fevers are so common. However, there are red flags to watch for.

China’s Guangdong Province is battling its worst-ever chikungunya outbreak, with thousands of infections spreading across ...

Viral and bacterial infections are the main causes of fever, though there are many other possible reasons. Here's what you ...

While referring to a video of a woman “gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta,” Health and Human Services Secretary ...

University of Maryland researchers are developing a vaccine that targets the dangerous foodborne bug, Salmonella.

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have completed a successful Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel vaccine designed to ...

People who carry umbrellas get rained on more. People who wear sunscreen get bitten by sharks more. Both statements are ...

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that ...

Alcohol use by pregnant women is known to be a major cause of neurodevelopmental conditions. Yet the search for autism ...

Three public health researchers at Brown criticized the announcement in interviews with The Herald, saying that little ...