Vaccination has protected humans from an ever-lengthening list of infectious diseases: polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, ...

Authorities say the death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two ...

Farming associations in South Africa react to Brazil's declaration of avian flu containment, highlighting potential ...

Ready-to-eat salads are here to make our lives easier: open the bag, serve, dress... and that's it. But a recent European ...

Influenza C causes mild disease, and influenza D is not known to infect people. Since the turn of the 20th century, influenza A has caused four pandemics. Influenza B has never caused a pandemic. A ...

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been struggling since March to stop what has become the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded. The disease is causing widespread fear and disruption in West ...