The 1950s was a turning point for polio. Amid deadly outbreaks, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that saved countless lives ...

La Crosse virus disease is a rare viral illness that is spread to humans via mosquito bites. The name comes from La Crosse ...

Conditions that cause rash and swollen lymph nodes, with pictures Several different ... MD/Wikimedia Commons Tonsillitis is a viral or bacterial infection of the tonsil’s lymph nodes.

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

The virus has been found in 24 states overall, including Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, ...

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is a viral infection that spreads in birds. There are many subtypes of avian flu. The most common subtypes that have spread to humans in the past have ...