Parents, caregivers and healthcare providers have spent the past week learning more about the benefits of infant immunization through an awareness program launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers …

Although smoking is the biggest culprit in the development of lung cancer, recent studies have shown that other factors, like common viruses, may affect a person’s likelihood of developing the disease. This finding was a …

By Julian Lieb, M.D.
Stimulating immune function would transform the prevention, treatment, research and economics of infectious disorders, among them the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), hospital-acquired infections, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, resistant tuberculosis, a possible avian influenza …

News published online Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes statistics for this year’s influenza season. It was the worst of the last three seasons.

A recent study conducted at Penn State sheds some much-needed light on the origins of the flu virus that kills 36,000 Americans each year. The study concluded that the virus comes from a “viral reservoir” …

Kim Chang-sup, an official for South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry, confirmed the fourth outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus strain H5N1 so far this year.  This latest outbreak occurred on a farm in Yeoungam, about …

The crafty critters that plague our food supply and make us sick can’t always be washed away with conventional means. Scientific studies have found that the microbes that can cause bouts of vomiting and …

“More needs to be done,” according to Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His assessment is based on 2007 data taken from the CDC’s Foodborne …

They aren’t pretty but they are pretty scary. If the predictions of some Louisiana scientists come true, however, people in general may develop a whole new attitude when it comes to those ferocious-looking alligators so …

The announcement of a breakthrough diagnostic tool was presented simultaneously today in Geneva and Singapore. The device, VereFlu, is a miniature diagnostic laboratory on a computer chip that can detect several strains of influenza …