Category: Disease

Threats of pandemics are real. That doesn't mean we should all lock ourselves in our homes and never come out. Part of what makes them so scary is the …

The big pharmaceutical companies have not been faring well of late.  With a decided downturn in people relying on drugs to live day to day and turning instead to …

In the wake of information published by Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University that proved a link between flu shots and a weakened immune system response, especially in …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning of a new disease very similar to Ebola. This disease is being called the Marburg virus and is lethal in 90% of …

You likely learned of the bubonic plague in school. More commonly known as the Black Death, this pandemic wiped out nearly ⅓ of Europe’s population during the Dark Ages. …

As Hurricane Harvey bears down on Texas and Louisiana, emergency operations are in full swing, with evacuations being called for in some locations. Oil companies are busy securing their …

For most American, the word “plague” conjures up a medieval disease that wiped out millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. The pandemic was generally known as “The Black …

There was a movie back in 1979 called Prophecy...but not the one you're thinking of with Christopher Walken.  That was actually called "The Prophecy."  Anyway, there was another with …

It sounds like the bizarre plot of a grade B sci-fi movie. Beginning in 2013, the Aedes aegypti species of mosquito came to California and began to become pervasive. …

As Germany has gotten overwhelmed by a flood of about two million migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia, a corresponding spike in infectious diseases has occurred. A …