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Over the past five decades, vaccinations have prevented more than 150 million deaths among humans from deadly infectious diseases. The once-dreaded infection small pox for instance, had been ...

A CASE of the “world’s deadliest infectious disease” has been detected in an East Sussex primary school – prompting a reminder of symptoms to look out for. The UK Health ...

"Since its identification in 1882, over 1 billion people have died from tuberculosis, making it one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history," says Dr. Richard Doyle, a practicing ...

The use of anthrax as a bioweapon is rare, but devastating. This new treatment might one day save people that are beyond the ...

The only updates provided widely to pediatricians by the CDC have come from a health alert network update sent on March 7, a ...

The US is set to be hit by the deadliest measles outbreak in more than 20 years with the numbers spiking to a record high for ...

It’s much more affordable to prevent diseases than it is to treat them. As an infectious diseases specialist, I have seen how preventable diseases can put a financial burden on health systems ...