A new treatment for a debilitating genetic disease causing sudden sight loss is now available on the NHS in England. Evidence ...

Three people in Maine have been infected with active tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest disease, according to health officials who raised alarms Friday. There was no connection between the three ...

Update: The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services now says 21 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease and one person has died in Marshall County.HHS previously confirmed to KCCI ...

A deadly, little-known parasitic infection known as Chagas disease, once considered to only be a threat abroad, may be endemic in the United States, researchers argue in a new study. Chagas disease is ...

A little-known disease is spreading in the U.S., primarily in the state of California, health officials warn. In a new study published in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers ...

About 100,000 Californians could be infected with a potentially-deadly disease spread by kissing bugs — and not even know it. Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A parasitic infection called Chagas disease from so-called "kissing bugs" has made its way to California -- and it's causing some concern. The infection can spread in several ...

The FDA has outlined a new review process for drugs and biologics designed to treat ultrarare genetic diseases that would allow a single-arm trial, plus other supportive data, to serve as pivotal ...

Authors of a new study have called for the parasitic infection, Chagas disease, to be classified as endemic—with human cases reported in eight states. The study featured in the September edition of ...

Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and ...