Lucknow: Doctors at a private medical college successfully treated a 40-year-old farmer who developed severe tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail wh.

The disease was called “lockjaw” by all who dreaded it, and we were all taught to dread it in our turn. Neither I nor anyone ...

Home remedies like cutting or sucking out venom don’t work and can make things worse. Here’s what experts recommend instead.

Floodwaters contain bacteria that is not responsive to common antibiotics, warned Dr. Lee C. Rogers, chief of podiatry at UT ...

While cleaning up from the flood, stay hydrated and safe to avoid falls, cuts, snake bites and toxic water injuries.

Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.

From contaminated water and mold in homes to downed power lines, broken objects, displaced wildlife, and potential pathogens ...

On the skin, millions of microbial colonists quietly coexist with their host as microscopic allies that help maintain health ...

As Robert Kennedy Jr amplifies vaccination fears, beyond America millions of people will die unnecessarily from infectious disease ...

One reason relatively few horses today die of botulism, tetanus or snake bite, is the availability of these two types of ...

In the wake of recent flooding in the Texas Hill Country, health experts are sounding the alarm on the hidden dangers of ...