The possibility that Alzheimer's disease could be transmitted by surgical procedures has been raised by researchers studying prion diseases. They have reported an autopsy study of eight young or ...

Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies, and now there’s increasing worry in Minnesota about another ailment spread by the blood-sucking pests: the Powassan virus. While the ...

Moreover, the disease that has gotten national attention in recent months is different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It is actually a combination of human and animal strains.

A group of French scientists have raised the possibility that Zika could be transmittable through oral sex and maybe even deep kissing, according to a recent letter to the editor detailing the account ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – In North Carolina, there are 60 different species of mosquitos. Eastern North Carolina is home to 25 of those. In Jones County prior to Hurricane Dorian, the health ...

Just as some rogue proteins can cause additional rogue proteins to form in the brain, such as the prions that produce mad cow disease, the new findings suggest that there may be a seed that carries ...

The Linda McNatt Animal Care & Adoption Center, which has been in operation since 2015, was at capacity when it decided to do an early clear-the-shelter event running June 27-July 2. However, in a ...

The government has introduced a new policy to tackle transmittable diseases in schools. The policy, driven by the department of basic education, will focus primarily on sex education and reproductive ...

A strain of feline coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the prolific cat population of Cyprus. The eastern Mediterranean island is home to the earliest evidence of the cat's domestication and is known as ...

On Friday, the WHO designated the B.1.1.529 variant as a "Variant of Concern" and assigned it the Greek letter Omicron PRETORIA, November 29./TASS/. Omicron is potentially more transmittable than ...

While highly transmittable from deer to deer, chronic wasting disease hasn’t been found in humans — so far. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends against eating meat from sick deer ...

The first case of Zika virus contracted in the continental U.S. was reported earlier this week, not through mosquito contact, but through sexual contact. After returning to Texas from Venezuela, an ...