Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. Dr. Ogechika Alozie reminds everyone that they can save lives by calling for a ride and planning.

Cholera, an infectious disease often found in countries with poor sanitation, is still found in many parts of the world. (Photo Credit: Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Cholera, first found in ...

According to the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), out of the 386 confirmed cases so far, nearly 200 involve children under the age of five. Although the exact cause of the ...

More than 400 people have been affected by an undiagnosed illness that some are calling "Disease X," in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—specifically, Panzi health zone, Kwango ...

A mysterious illness, which the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling "disease X," has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the ...

More cases of a mysterious flu-like illness labeled “Disease X” were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the World Health Organization has dispatched a rapid response team to ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has deployed a multidisciplinary team of science and health experts to support the WHO and DRC's Ministry of Health's ongoing ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological condition that causes a decline in thinking skills and memory. There is currently no cure, but there are ways to support a person with medication and other ...

A "mystery disease" recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 and 143 people over two weeks. The disease was reported to cause flu-like ...

aInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA bDepartment of Health Metrics Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ...