A friendly handshake is seen as a gesture of goodwill. However, it can also be a silent carrier of harmful diseases. Germs ...

Cold sores are a common and highly contagious condition that can be caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), typically HSV-1 ...

Around two-thirds of individuals aged under 50 experience cold sores - yet many remain unaware of effective methods to halt ...

What might become the world’s first-ever fungal vaccine, discovered by a team of researchers at the Valley Fever Center for ...

A healthy, 15-year-old boy complains of a worsening sore throat that is aggravated by swallowing over the last 2 days. This ...

Bluetongue virus still circulates widely in mainland Europe, reported for the first time this year in Bulgaria, Croatia, and ...

A strain of the bluetongue virus has been confirmed in a sheep in Cornwall for the first time in 17 years. The Animal and ...

Experts emphasise that catching SJS in its earliest stages is crucial. Unlike common allergic rashes, SJS comes with telltale ...

The panel who ruled on the case of horse abuser Cesar Parra was “amazed to see how creative [he] has been in trying to find ...

A dad who thought he was suffering from hay fever was shocked to find his watery eyes and runny nose were symptoms of an ...

Cold sores are more prevalent than most people know, but with a combination of anxiety, stigma, and confusion. Most are ...

A dad who thought he was suffering from hay fever was shocked to find his watery eyes and runny nose were symptoms of an ...