Hepatitis B continues to affect a significant portion of Uganda's population, with 4.1% of adults living with the virus, according to Uganda Population-based HIV impact assessment survey 2016.Although ...

Uganda is set to roll out a nationwide birth dose vaccination against hepatitis B this August, in what health officials are calling a key step in the fight against mother-to-child transmission of the ...

We’ve come a long way in treating HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDs. Just last month, the FDA approved a medication that ...

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

Symptoms of illness may appear three days to two weeks after an infection, Weld County said last week. Most people show no ...

New Jersey announced that West Nile-carrying mosquitoes had been discovered in 10 mosquito pools across six counties.

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious disease to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the best protection against measles is two doses of the MMR vaccine.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced Thursday a dog in Grant County tested positive for rabies. It’s the eighth ...

Pepper, a feline owned by John Lednicky, a virologist at the University of Florida, recently discovered orthoreovirus on a ...

Older adults and immunocompromised people can be at higher risk for developing serious illness or death, the Oregon Health Authority said.