Nitisinone, usually prescribed for metabolic disorders, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood. Researchers have explored a new approach to combat malaria using nitisinone, a drug ...

The occurrence of three cases in a short period has me worried, especially this early in the year,” Dr. Tom Boo, a county public health officer, said in a statement.

A federal advisory committee that provides guidance on which rare diseases newborns should be screened for has been dissolved ...

The NIH is considering a catastrophic cut to indirect cost reimbursements for public universities, which would hurt the ...

Hollywood actor Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa’s recent death brought the rare respiratory disease, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, to the attention of the public.

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in ...

Adam Devine, a "Modern Family" creator, shared the details, and the eventual diagnosis, on a podcast Wednesday.

The government has provided few specifics about how it arrived at the $9 billion sum, except to say that it is undertaking a ...

Two people have died from measles as the U.S. faces a growing outbreak of the highly contagious virus. Can you get measles if ...

Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...

The FDA on Thursday gave the green light to Uplizna in IgG4-related disease, making it the first and only approved treatment ...

Comedian Adam Devine, who has starred in hit TV shows such as HBO’s “Righteous Gemstones” and ABC’s “Modern Family,” says he ...