The Government has urged the public to keep watch for the Asian "predatory wasps" after bee experts confirmed the sighting of the terrifying insects in Essex. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) warned...
NEW YORK (AP) — Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases — including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year — are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention...
As temperatures hit 40C, German wasps became drawn to Britain's abundance of fermenting fruit, such as apples and pears, which these feared-for insects love to eat.
The high sugar content in such foods ferments into alcohol, leaving the...
The deadly poliovirus may have been circulating in New York city since April and elsewhere in the state for up to one year, suggests a new analysis of wastewater sample from there.
The study from the US Centers...
At least 35 people in China have become infected with a novel henipavirus that apparently spreads from animals to humans, setting off alarm bells in neighboring Taiwan over a potentially dangerous pathogen.
Taiwanese laboratories will need...
Dr. Ward Carpenter, co-director of health services at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, said the monkeypox outbreak across the U.S. is worse than imagined.
“We’re just as busy, just as stressed out and living in just...
New York state health officials have found indications of additional cases of polio virus in wastewater samples from two different counties, leading them to warn that hundreds of people may be infected with the potentially serious virus.
Just...
The summer season is tick season and that means one thing — Lyme disease cases are going to rise in the United States. Now, a concerning new report finds rural communities have seen cases of...
THE Biden administration is expected to declare monkeypox a health emergency as cases continue to rise in the US, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
The latest update by the CDC brings the nation's...
SALT LAKE CITY - A woman is fighting for her life after family members said she was bitten several times by a spider and later contracted a flesh-eating bacteria.
Susi Feltch-Malohifo’ou of Utah recently went on a fishing...