the new iPhone Application, 'Outbreaks Near Me' alerts users of disease outbreaks in their area

As winter temperatures plummet, we all suffer the effects of the cold. For those afflicted by Raynaud?s disease, cold fingers, toes, ears, a...

Parents are constantly concerned about the health and safety of their children and they take many steps to protect them.

Parents are constantly concerned about the health and safety of their children and they take many steps to protect them.

Arthritis is generally thought of as an affliction of the old, but this crippling disease can also affect the young and otherwise healthy.

Immunity to a disease is achieved through the presence of antibodies to that disease in a person's system.

Group B strep is the most common cause of sepsis (blood infection) and meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining around the brain) in ne...

The safety of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine during the first trimester of pregnancy has not been evaluated, although no adverse fetal ...

You should get a screening test late in pregnancy to see if you carry group B strep.

In the U.S., vaccination programs have eliminated or significantly reduced many vaccine-preventable diseases.