Because measles is so contagious, experts say that vaccination rates need to be above about 95 percent to stem the spread of ...

Cases in fully vaccinated people are rare and usually mild, but are likely to become more common as exposure to the virus rises.

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Scientists from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) have contributed to an international study that shed new light on why humans and ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Despite the global improvement in PLWHIV care, HIV/AIDS continues to constitute a significant proportion of hospitalisation and a leading cause of illness and death in developing ...

Nikki Tamboli recently shared her pictures from a hospital with a bandaged eye, revealing she is suffering from an eye infection. The 29-year-old Bigg Boss ex-housemate was diagnosed with a chalazion ...

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Imagine going on vacation to a luxury hotel in St. Barts and ultimately getting an infection to bring home as a souvenir. That's apparently what happened to reality TV star Bethenny Frankel, according ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. However, a scary health concern necessitated the duo heading home early. Bethenny revealed via social media that she was suffering ...

Michael Levin had just started working as a paediatric infectious-disease doctor in London when he received an urgent call from a hospital in Malta. It was the early 1980s, and a young boy had been ...