Tag: infectious disease

People with a certain BMI are more prone to deadly infections, study reveals

Measles outbreak poses risk of ‘irreversible’ brain damage, health officials warn

Measles exposure risk identified at major airport and theme park, health officials warn

Tuberculosis outbreak linked to prominent high school, officials investigating

Meningitis cases rise in major Midwestern city, prompting public health alert

How long you’re contagious with the flu — and when it’s safe to go out

Can the flu shot actually give you influenza? Doctors set the record straight

Dozens sickened as potentially deadly fungus spreads in southern state

Measles outbreak reaches a major South Carolina college campus

Homeless encampment at center of health alert over rat-borne disease