How Long Does COVID Last? You may wonder if COVID-19 is still a thing or how long an infection lasts, especially if you're having symptoms. For most people with mild infections, COVID goes away ...

Although the infection is contagious through all stages of a cold sore, the infection is most contagious when the sore is open and leaking fluid. Hand, foot, and mouth disease, caused by the Coxsackie ...

The move also prompted the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to step up oversight of turkey slaughter, after a bird flu strain detected in raw pet food and an infected cat was ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada said nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to the recall of mini pastries. The federal agency's director of outbreak management ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...

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A major measles alert has been issued for two Australian states after numerous reports of measles cases, including an infected toddler who visited a shopping centre. The South Australian ...

Test results show that two snowy owls found dead in Tommy Thompson Park late last year were infected with a "highly pathogenic" avian flu, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority says.

So far, 67 human bird flu cases have been confirmed in the U.S., the CDC says. A child in San Francisco was recently confirmed to be the third human case of bird flu in the United States in which ...

Infected eczema occurs when a virus or bacteria gets into an open wound or cracked skin at the site of a rash. These infections worsen existing symptoms. It is important for a doctor to treat ...

Credit: REUTERS/Bobby Yip According to the Centers for Disease Control, bird flu viruses (including H5N1) can be transmitted to humans and animals through contact with infected birds, which shed ...