Doctors in Belgium met with a real head-scratcher when an 83-year-old married man came in with a rare form of secondary syphilis—the second of four stages of the sexually transmitted bacterial ...

Brits are being warned about these three deadly Victorian-era diseases that are making a comeback - after a young woman caught scarlet fever at a packed gig. You might think of whooping cough, ...

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The New Mexico Department of Health in October extended its 2022 public health order to maintain aggressive statewide testing for syphilis. The order, which will remain in effect for a year, directs ...

A sore throat that feels like swallowing glass—a.k.a. “razor-blade throat”—has become one of the most talked-about of the new COVID symptoms linked to Stratus, the strain of the virus driving new ...

Three out of four households in Delhi-NCR are already facing the adverse effects of polluted air, with common symptoms including sore throat, coughing, eye irritation, headaches, and disrupted sleep, ...

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. With Covid joining the usual winter ...

Many people are battling sore throats and runny noses at this time of year. Finding an effective remedy can feel like an uphill struggle, but television physician Dr Hilary Jones has highlighted one ...

New guidelines on diagnosing strep throat advise clinicians to use a scoring system to help determine which patients should be tested for group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The clinical practice ...