Developed by UK-based Ndemic Creations, the strategy game, Plague Inc, puts the user in control of a disease they must develop into a global pandemic before the scientific community can develop a ...

From a disease that humans had over 9,000 years ago to one that wiped out millions of people - these serious diseases still ...

Often, a fever in response to an infection is actually a reflection of the body's defenses going into high gear. Some parts of the immune system work better at a higher temperature, which ...

Pneumonic plague affects the lungs. Its main symptoms are fever, aches and coughing, including coughing blood. It is caused by breathing in bacteria coughed out by an infected person, or spread to ...

California has seen a notable increase in the number of valley fever cases so far this year, compared to recent years, and ...

Bush adds SARS to the list of quarantinable diseases, which also include cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, and viral hemorrhagic fevers such as the ...

Symptoms of the plague include high fever, chills, nausea, weakness and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin. Bubonic cases are rare, but there are still a few flare-ups of the disease ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 11.--There have been 57 new cases of yellow fever, but no deaths from the disease, reported here in the past 25 hours. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

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Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection that causes a bright red rash. It looks and feels like sandpaper, and it's sometimes called "sandpaper rash." The infection, also called scarlatina ...

a fever is more than just a high temperature. Here are the potential underlying causes of a fever, how to manage it effectively and why you shouldn’t brush it off as something to be overlooked.