“Our research clearly demonstrates that the next major health emergency may not be a sudden new outbreak, but the steady ...

Despite decades of experience, advanced health systems, and deep medical knowledge, the WHO European region is still at risk from the global epidemic of tuberculosis. There are at least three pressing ...

Research shows that many viruses can linger in the air and on surfaces long after an infected person has left the room — ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will end clinic services at seven locations later this month because of ...

Across the spectrum of human afflictions—from cancer to heart disease to rare genetic conditions—medical investigators are continually attempting to break new ground by developing better methods of ...

Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful ...

Medieval Danes with leprosy and TB weren't segregated in death. Study of 1,000 skeletons shows social status determined burial location.

An international team of archaeologists used graveyards in Denmark to investigate social exclusion based on illness.

Major trial finds immediate or high-dose TB treatment does not lower overall mortality in HIV-related sepsis, except in ...

Study led by Union Square Medical Associates finds ongoing infection despite antibiotic treatment. When patients remain ...

Money is only one facet of social relations, however. Communities have long discriminated against and ostracized residents with debilitating illnesses—especially those with outward physical effects.

In the wake of a recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB cases at a local San Francisco high school, IGHS's Priya ...