INFECTION

Details that have emerged about the new virus from China reveal how challenging it may be to control the outbreak

More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections.

When someone is seriously burned, they face a number of health challenges. In order to close the wound, doctors graft skin from other parts of the body, creating more wounds and increasing the risk of infection. Now, a new system helps patients regenerate new skin.

Pharmacists in California will be able to dispense HIV prevention pills to patients without a doctor’s prescription after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that supporters say will greatly reduce the spread of infection.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint “demanding an immediate end” to the government turning away pregnant asylum-seekers under the Trump administration’s remain in Mexico policy, NBC News reports. The Department of Homeland Security “has returned a significant number of pregnant women to Mexico … exposing them to further harm” in dangerous border towns, the ACLU of Texas and...

A Central Texas girl died after her family says she contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river over Labor Day weekend.

Two lawsuits were filed against Allergan Wednesday related to its line of Biocell textured breast implants, which are the subject of a worldwide recall, alleging a failure to warn of cancer risks.

A New Britain man contracted flesh-eating bacteria and had to have his leg amputated after swimming at Hammonasset Beach State Park, according to his family.

A North Carolina man has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a manmade lake at a water park, officials said Wednesday. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said in a news release that the infection was caused by the amoeba naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer. The unnamed person became sick after swimming...

“My baby isn’t gaining weight.” “She won’t take the bottle.” “Breastfeeding is painful, am I doing something wrong?” These are some of the questions and comments posed by mothers in breastfeeding support groups, online forums, and in the waiting rooms of pediatricians’ offices. Often, the first advice mothers get is to check for “tongue-tie,” or ankyloglossia — the tethering of...

“My baby isn’t gaining weight.” “She won’t take the bottle.” “Breastfeeding is painful, am I doing something wrong?” These are some of the questions and comments posed by mothers in breastfeeding support groups, online forums, and in the waiting rooms of pediatricians’ offices. Often, the first advice mothers get is to check for “tongue-tie,” or ankyloglossia — the tethering of...

On Thursday, one of the siblings from “Property Brothers” posted an emotional video on Instagram detailing his year-long battle with a mysterious illness that is still undiagnosed. In a video spanning over 25 minutes, Scott, 43, and his fiancé Annalee Belle discussed the details of the health complications he has been experiencing for the past 14 months.

On Thursday, one of the siblings from “Property Brothers” posted an emotional video on Instagram detailing his year-long battle with a mysterious illness that is still undiagnosed. In a video spanning over 25 minutes, Scott, 43, and his fiancé Annalee Belle discussed the details of the health complications he has been experiencing for the past 14 months.

It took five years, but a North Texas woman has finally been cured of an infection that antibiotics couldn’t kill. She traveled halfway around the world to find the cure in the form of a virus.

The Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of three types of tattoo inks because they are contaminated with microorganisms Wednesday.

A small, mesh fabric pocket infused with antibiotics is fighting infection in thousands who get a pacemaker or defibrillator every year.

An embattled Houston hospital that in the past year faced leadership changes, a loss of some government funding and questions about heart transplant patient deaths has been accused of violating patient safety and quality care requirements.

If you’re a parent, you may already know about the disturbing uptick in an illness that causes paralysis and weakness in children. The disease, called acute flaccid myelitis, is rare but it usually pops up in young, healthy children.

A baby boy is receiving specialized hospital care three months after he was born without skin.

Two Dallas County students are undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, a contagious airborne disease that primarily affects the lungs.