More than 20% of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are experiencing significant persistent health symptoms ...

“If you start to feel unwell, stop, find somewhere cool to rest, sip water, and use a damp cloth to cool your skin. If ...

The World Heath Organisation has warned people of a 'fatal disease' being spread by mosquitoes in two neighbourhoods in Spain ...

People can die from Salmonella via dehydration or if the bacteria enters the bloodstream, which can lead to sepsis — a life-threatening reaction ...

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus ...

Bed bugs are hitchhikers. Chances are they latched on when you were travelling somewhere before calling your house their home.

We were the FEMA of the hospital, and we know where FEMA is going. Infection prevention: applying interventions to prevent hospital-acquired infections: surgical wound infections, catheter infections, ...

These infections, which are often picked up in hospital settings, rose from 2,170 cases in 2023 to 2,247 in 2024.

Subsequent infections are distinguished by severe diarrhea, stomach pain, and a loss of appetite. Serious run-ins with the bacteria have also been known to lead to other illnesses, including ...

The geographic range of infected kissing bugs is also expected to change and possibly expand. Florida has shown to be a hotspot, with Triatoma sanguisuga — a known vector — found in at least ...

ONE of the UK’s most common bugs almost triples the risk of death for a year after infection, scientists have discovered. For many of the 3.6million adults in the UK who catch respiratory syn… ...