A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

An insidious disease has eliminated dozens of the world’s frog species. Scientists fear a similar plague could be coming for ...

Sleeping sickness has been killing people across Africa for generations. A disease with no vaccine, spread by the bite of a ...

While pop culture might make you believe that spider bites give you supernatural powers and turn you into Spider-Man, the reality of a spider bite can be redness, swelling and surgeries. Read on to ...

A man found himself fighting a dangerous flesh-eating infection after what appeared to be an innocuous spider bite transformed his hand into something resembling "the size of a bowling ball." Chris ...

A man was left hospitalised after a "pinprick" spider bite left him with a hand the size of a bowling ball. Chris Keegan, 40, ...

A MAN has been hospitalised after a possible false widow spider bite left his hand “the size of a bowling ball”. Chris Keegan ...

Chris Keegan, 40, woke up with a small insect bite on his right hand and initially thought nothing of it - but he was left hospitalised after it turned into a flesh-eating infection ...

Norway's King Harald V will have to stay in hospital in Tenerife for a few days because of leg infection, but the 89-year-old monarch's health is generally good, his personal doctor said Wednesday.

DEAR DR. ROACH: About one year ago, I had Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) that was treated with 125 mg of vancomycin for about four weeks. I had none of the usual risk factors, and the cause was ...

Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. It can affect anyone, and is notoriously difficult to diagnose in the early stages, and to treat once it becomes life-threatening ...

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a 1,900-year-old Roman vial that could provide the first concrete evidence of human poop ...