"What a boon this will be to downtown Topeka," said Janet Stanek, the KDHE secretary, of the new Kansas health and ...

Public health labs have handled most testing thus far for the Texas and New Mexico outbreaks, but commercial labs are beginning to bring molecular measles assays online.

This man in his early 40s, who had no medical history, was referred to the burn clinic 20 days after being burned in a gasoline fire. Twelve days after the injury, he started to develop purulent ...

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...

Governor Laura Kelly joined Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Janet Stanek, state and local leaders, and ...

But there is a blood test, called an antibody serology test, that can tell you if you have antibodies against certain ...

Turkey’s ramped-up exports come as avian flu has killed more than 140 million egg-laying birds in the United States since ...

An expert in connective tissue disease–associated interstitial lung disease described best approaches for rheumatologists to be proactive in screening, diagnosing, treating, and monitoring patients.

In an update yesterday on scientific investigations related to H5N1 avian flu activity, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

When bird flu is confirmed, everything escalates to battle stations. Lasher shifts to round-the-clock schedules. Personal ...

The diagnosis of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is based on the detection of anti-HAV IgM. Shortcomings of this serological approach include the persistence of IgM after normalization of liver ...

Researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in ...