H5N1 avian flu viruses have been spreading widely in the United States for three years. Numerous mistakes and omissions in containment efforts are now taking their toll. Virus experts say conditions ...

While mastitis is a common complication of breastfeeding, many new parents remain unprepared for this painful condition that can develop rapidly and significantly impact the early parenting ...

Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...

There is still considerable space for voicing political opposition, yet many Americans appear to suffer from an epidemic of mass cowardice. To be sure, there are those who are rightly scared to ...

The number of influenza cases is surging across the United States, putting significant strain on many hospitals. We asked the experts to explain what makes this year's flu season so unusual ...

During lactation, a spectrum of inflammatory and infectious complications may occur, ranging from milk stasis and mastitis to frank abscess formation. [19] Ductal obstruction may result in ...

Fentanyl and other opioids have fueled the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. In recent years, fatal overdose numbers have become defined by illicit fentanyl, an extremely lethal synthetic opioid ...

HAY fever stuffs up your sex life, according to a study. The allergy, affecting millions of Britons, has been linked to lower sexual satisfaction and a higher risk of bedroom troubles. It was said ...

In a bid to combat the shoplifting epidemic – with 490,000 offences recorded in the year to September, up 23 per cent on the previous 12 months – assaulting a retail worker will be made a ...

Some studies concluded that the use of hexachlorophane wash (eg, pHisoHexR, GlaxoSmithKlein, Triangle Park, NC) or powder (Ster-zacR, SSL, Western Australia) as a skin cleansing agent ...