Mosquitoes exposed to the newly developed compounds show reduced malarial parasite growth even when infected four days later.

A rising movement questions whether microbes cause disease. Here's why denying germ theory is dangerous, and what it means ...

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about pertussis, treatment for whooping cough symptoms and more.

Whooping cough (also called pertussis or the “100-day cough”) is a respiratory infection known for the high-pitched “whoop” ...

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) to enforce the mandatory ...

As U.S. childhood vaccination rates sway on a “knife’s edge,” new 25-year projections reveal how slight changes in national ...

Measles, rubella, polio and diphtheria—once ubiquitous, devastating and deeply feared—have been virtually eliminated from the ...

The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and ...

The House of Representatives has ordered the enforcement of compulsory diphtheria vaccination, testing, and treatment in all ...

In a bid to address the dangers posed by diphtheria, the House of Representatives has called on the relevant Federal Government agencies to carry out a mandatory immunisation, testing and treatment of ...

As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade.