As winter melts away, the Aedes mosquito population rises with the temperature. When these mosquitoes puncture host skin to feed with their needle-like probosces, they often transmit pathogens like ...

Viral skin rashes (also known as viral exanthems) can cause itching, irritation, and pain — and possibly symptoms like fever or fatigue. Unlike allergic rashes, which happen when your immune system ...

You wake up with a scratchy throat and that vague feeling of unwellness. Is it just allergies? The start of a cold? Or something that might need antibiotics? Knowing the difference between viral and ...

Half of Americans are suffering from an incurable disease that causes painful - and embarrassing - blisters and sores around the mouth. About 122million people have herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the ...

CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC)- Several parents are commenting on social media that their kids got a skin infection after playing at a bounce house. However, doctors say not to be so quick to blame the ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and colleagues at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Boston University, used human skin explants to track the cellular route that the ...

Recently, some wild rabbits have been seen in the U.S. with "horn-like" growths spurting from their heads that are caused by a viral infection, according to experts. "Rabbit papillomas are growths on ...

How Atopic Dermatitis Increases Vulnerability to Bacterial, Fungal, and Viral Infections Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD People with eczema (atopic ...