A small Oklahoma school district has ordered all of its students to stay away from classes until December due to an outbreak of mononucleosis, officials said on Thursday.

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

For those with celiac disease, kissing can cause more than just romantic jitters. The fear of inadvertently ingesting gluten through a kiss was real for many of the participants in a 2022 study ...

And the disease is not to be taken lightly: it almost invariably results in inflammation of the liver—though a less dangerous form of hepatitis than the widespread infectious hepatitis or serum ...

The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs.

The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs. Their name stems from the fact that they like biting humans around their lips and faces as they s… ...

Gum disease, while not directly contagious, can be transmitted through kissing due to the exchange of bacteria in saliva. Harmful bacteria linked to periodontal disease can pass from one partner ...

Devyn Carr, a college student from Michigan, was diagnosed with three incurable autoimmune diseases after catching the common 'kissing virus' mononucleosis last uear at age 19.

Prince Harry was “ashamed” when he caught “kissing disease” in 2002. Getty Images “The whole school seemed to know, no one would go near me and I was a bit of a laughing stock,” Harry ...

Mononucleosis, often referred to as "mono" or "the kissing disease," is commonly associated with teenagers and young adults. This nickname arises from its ...

People with celiac disease can safely kiss their partners who have just ingested gluten, according to the results of a new study — though researchers recommend drinking some water first. The ...