Summer is wrapping up, temperatures are high, and the beach is still calling. But there are risks from bacteria, parasites ...

The pathogens lurking in our pools and lakes: What you need to know Some microbes have caught the public's attention this summer.

In 2025, highly contagious diseases like influenza, measles, and COVID-19 variants remain among the fastest-spreading ...

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York raises questions about how this severe form of pneumonia is transmitted. CNN ...

“You take the virus, grow it up, purify it and kill it with an inactivating agent. That’s a whole-killed viral vaccine,” said ...

Infections with Vibrio vulnificus are still rare but "this is certainly not normal," an expert in water diseases at the ...

At least eight people along the Gulf Coast have died and 22 others have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus bacteria.

Iowa HHS officials are investigating a Legionnaires' disease outbreak with more than 20 cases and one death in central Iowa.

A warning from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health may have some beachgoers exercising a little more caution.

Polar bears have been exposed to more viruses, bacteria and parasites in recent decades, a new study shows, possibly acquiring the germs in their diet.

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.