viral diseases

HARRISBURG (TNS)—A western Pennsylvania county has officially declared it has a measles outbreak. The Erie County Health Department (ECDH) said in a p...

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to more than 250 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. M...

A measles outbreak inWest TexasandNew Mexicohas killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginni...

HARRISBURG (TNS)—The official number of people that have contracted bird flu in the past year, 68 to be exact, has been relatively small. A new study ...

Got the sniffles? Is it the common cold, or the beginning of something worse that might knock you out of commission for a while? Between Sept. 29 and ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s that time of year when talk turns to holiday plans and that thing “that’s going around.” The official start of winter has not ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (TNS) — I came down with some form of crud about a week ago, and, as I write this, I still feel like garbage. Fever, congestion, fatig...

When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us...

DuBOIS — Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, which is swelling that occurs when tissues are injured or infected. Liver inflammation can be caused ...

PITTSBURGH – Bird flu, or H5N1 virus, in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one ...