Photo: CNA CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said leptospirosis is a bacterial disease mainly spread ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend ...

China is experiencing an outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne infection, with thousands of cases reported in the south.

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater, is rarely contracted but nearly always fatal, according to the CDC.

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Big Chico Creek is currently under a no-swim advisory for the presence of a specific bacteria called E. coli O157, and ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Despite its proven ability to prevent cancers, the HPV vaccine remains underused in the United States, with vaccination rates lagging far behind other common ...

West Nile virus cases are rising across the United States. Public health officials are reporting more infections than usual. The virus spreads through mosquito bites. Most people do not show symptoms.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)—also referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs)—remain a persistent public ...