If COVID-19 taught us anything it's that washing your hands is often the best thing to do to prevent the spread of infections, including norovirus.

Purvi Parikh, M.D., an allergist with Allergy & Asthma Network, recommends blowing one nostril at a time by putting a finger or pressure on one side of your nose, closing that nostril, and blowing out ...

Hand sanitizer isn't as effective as handwashing at preventing the spread of norovirus, doctors and the CDC warn.

The common stomach bug is highly contagious, spreads on surfaces and through the air, and people can catch it every year.

And equally hard to ... CWD brain tissue, some captive macaque monkeys contracted the disease. The risk of human infection does exist, experts say, or at least can’t be ruled out. That’s why the ...

Some folks cut their own wood ... spotted lanternfly and the oak wilt fungal disease are major concerns. Moving untreated ...

Despite being nicknamed the "stomach flu" or "stomach bug," it is unrelated to the flu which is caused by the influenza virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In the lineup of wildlife diseases across the country ... It’s easy to get lost in the technicalities of every new paper or theory. And equally hard to parse out exactly what the new ideas or ...

Here we are, on the cusp of the midway point in a decade that has been, in global health and infectious diseases terms, a lot ...

More Americans are being infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, according to Centers for Disease ... hard to tell what’s behind a cough and sneeze, and maybe fever. But there are ...

Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here's how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy's dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.

Heart disease takes a tremendous toll. It is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing one person every 33 seconds in the ...