A multitude of diseases in the past few years have made front-page news and caused public alarm. Most recently, the Ebola virus took center stage, with fears growing that the virus had become airborne ...

Hepatitis C is a serious liver disease that affects an estimated 3.2 million Americans. Three out of every 4 people living with Hepatitis C are baby boomers – individuals born from 1945-1965. However, ...

(BPT) - Many vaccine-preventable childhood diseases are still active in the U.S. That’s why it’s important that children, especially infants and young children, receive recommended immunizations on ...

In a country as diverse as the United States, the types and prevalence of different diseases vary as much as the people themselves. The University of Florida in Gainesville has created an infographic ...

(BPT) - Meningococcal disease is a rare but aggressive bacterial infection: about 10-15 percent of people infected with meningococcal disease will die, and 11-19 percent of survivors of meningococcal ...

Rapidly developing techniques are enhancing our ability to understand the human microbiome and the processes and diseases it may be associated with. To date, links have been drawn with conditions ...

Ever since the internet became a thing, consumers have used it to discuss health issues, especially over the last 10 years as social media became a daily destination for millions of people. Something ...

Many human diseases have a genetic component to them. There are over 6,000 genetic disorders, many of which are fatal or severely debilitating. A genetic disease is caused by a mutation in DNA and can ...

This month’s infographic breaks down the global access challenges faced by patients with rare disease. Between 2000 and December 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved some 547 ...

Neurodegenerative diseases kill cells by disrupting basic biological processes shared by species as diverse as humans and yeast. The conservation of cellular structures and functions across eukaryotic ...