WHEN Elijah John came down with cold symptoms and a rash on his cheek, his parents Kyle and Chloe should have had no reason ...

Measles is transmitted when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. The infectious period begins when symptoms first ...

Earlier this month, health officials confirmed a fast-spreading outbreak in several North London schools, primarily affecting ...

When it comes to infectious diseases, measles is “the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said.

Delaware health officials say a Feb. 18 measles exposure occurred at Nemours Children’s Hospital ER and contact tracing is underway.

In 1996, a previously healthy 5-year-old girl presented to a local urgent care clinic with a 3-day history of fever and a progressive, generalized vesicular rash, diagnosed as varicella with a known ...

A GP has issued an urgent warning for Brits to know four “early symptoms” of a disease amid a current outbreak. Health ...

Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced positive data from the pivotal Phase 3 KEPLER trial, which demonstrated that ENTYVIO ® (vedolizumab) can offer the possibility of clinical remission for ...

AFL great and radio host Brendan Fevola is speaking out for the first time about a painful health scare that stopped him in his tracks, revealing he was struck by shingles at the peak of his football ...

TMVII spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, and can cause severe and persistent rashes.

A viral disease, Chikungunya is spread only through the bite of infected mosquitoes and is characterised by severe joint pain ...

Health officials are urging vigilance after a person infected with measles spent more than five hours in the pediatric emergency room at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital last week. The ...