Breastfeeding is so important for child health that the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef recommend that babies should be breastfed within an hour of birth, be exclusively breastfed for the ...

There could be new hope for people afflicted with the skin-discoloring disease, vitiligo. A new treatment reportedly works ...

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Speaking of infectious diseases, earlier this week most of Cal/OSHA’s remaining rules for employers regarding COVID-19 ...

Early results from a trial testing a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in children look promising, according to the trial sponsor, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part ...

Harvard researchers have found that M. morganii may contribute to depression by producing an inflammatory molecule.

President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of ...

A symptom of COVID is the loss of taste or smell. Tuberculosis has a longer incubation period, and the symptoms have a much ...

This complex microbial dance seems to have a really important role in our health. Oral diseases and even oral cancers have ...

Canned foods are often the culprit of this rare, but potentially deadly, condition. The good news is: It's treatable if caught early.

A new study has found that certain bacteria were associated with better memory and attention, while others were linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal ...