A neurological disease spread by rats and other animals may have become established in San Diego County.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel alert due to the circulation of polio virus. The list of ...

Eric Dane died after battling ALS. Here’s what to know about ALS, the progressive neurological disease that affects nerve cells and has no known cure.

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Humans have always battled microbes. But if the assaults seem to be coming more frequently and ferociously, that's because they are ...

What happens when a promising therapy falls short? Medscape spoke with Jeffrey Cummings, MD, who led the EVOKE trials of the GLP-1 semaglutide for AD, about what the results mean — and what comes next ...

The FDA approved a vaccine for mumps nearly 60 years ago, so why are some areas of the United States experiencing outbreaks now, and who should be concerned?

The fatal nervous system disease known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed actor Eric Dane less than a year after he ...

Legendary rocker Ross “The Boss” Friedman is battling ALS. The 72-year-old shared the news recently in a statement from his ...

In experiments on pigs, researchers found that some formula fats can strain the newborn liver far earlier than expected.

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Sorbitol, a common sugar alcohol used in zero-calorie foods and found naturally in some fruits, isn’t just a passive ...