Share on Pinterest Bacterial infections may sometimes trigger heart attacks, a new study says. Image credit: Viaframe/Getty Images In 2022, about 19.8 million people globally died from heart disease, ...

Just as a computer's operating system can be rewritten after a major update, dengue infection can "re-program" the body's immune system, leaving a long-lasting genetic imprint that influences how ...

A new study has discovered another way to potentially prevent COVID-19. Researchers at Saarland University in Germany headed a clinical trial that found a nasal spray could reduce the risk of ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A parasitic infection called Chagas disease from so-called "kissing bugs" has made its way to California -- and it's causing some concern. The infection can spread in several ...

Daily squirts of a safe, over-the-counter allergy nasal spray may prevent COVID-19 infections from taking hold, according to results published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine. In a mid-staged trial, ...

In a letter to Coldwater High School (CHS) parents and staff, Coldwater Community Schools (CCS) and Branch-Hillsdale-St Joseph Community Health Agency (BHSJCHA ) officials confirmed a person ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health experts have been sounding the alarm for years on Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that’s hard to diagnose, hard to eliminate and hard to treat once it takes hold. The deadly ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A surge in infections from the rare and deadly flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has claimed five lives in Florida this year, as cases have soared to 20 in just a ...

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a rare but nearly always fatal brain amoeba infection likely caught while water ...

MISSOURI – The Missouri resident who was diagnosed with a rare “brain-eating” infection last week has died, according to officials. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services made the ...

The Staphylococcus bacteria that cause staph infections are with you always, minding their own business as they live on your skin and in your nose, per the Cleveland Clinic. But if they get inside ...