Infection

According to new research, many men around the world are infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV. According to the study, one in every three males has at least one strain of genital HPV, and one in every five has a strain known to…

Health officials in the New York City area have reported a concerning development as three individuals have tragically lost their lives after contracting infections from a flesh-eating bacteria.  This dangerous bacterium can be linked to…

An iguana wrecked a 3-year-old girl's vacation in Costa Rica in more ways than one. According to the girl's doctors, the scaly snake took her cake but not before biting her hand and transmitting a rare bacterial infection that lasted…

According to his family, an 11-year-old child in Florida died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection after spraining his ankle. Jesse Brown of Winter Park, Florida, twisted and maybe scratched his ankle while using a treadmill last…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking people to stop using a brand of eye drops that could be behind dozens of infections across the US. The CDC says lab and epidemiological evidence have tied the use of EzriCare…

After a fourth British kid died from the virus, health authorities have informed parents and teachers about the signs of Strep A. An infection caused by germs claimed the life of a kid at St. John's Primary School in Ealing, west London,…