Communicable Diseases

WASHINGTON -- Shortly before 123 million voters picked a president, 38 Louisiana monks moved the judiciary toward a decision that could change American governance more than most presidents do. The monks' cypress caskets could catalyze a rebirth of...

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said another woman has come forward to police following the arrest of a man infected with HIV. Thomas Majors, 28, was taken into custody Monday after police said he failed to warn his sexual partners he...

The man accused of failing to inform his partners he had HIV appeared in court Thursday morning.   Thomas Majors, 28, is being held in the Marion County Jail on five counts of failure to inform his sex partners that he has a communicable illness, HIV....

An Indianapolis man was taken into custody Monday after police said he failed to warn his sexual partners he had HIV. Thomas Majors, 28, was charged with failure to warn of a communicable disease, a Class D felony.   Police said they located Majors in...

Citing an immediate public health threat, the city of Los Angeles will ask the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to overturn a lower court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless people leave temporarily unattended on...

Los Angeles police issued a warning over the weekend to officers who patrol the Skid Row area warning them to wear protective masks and minimize face-to-face contact with suspects or the public if there is reason to believe that they are infected...

A 34-year-old man died in Switzerland over the summer from rabies contracted from a bat in Contra Costa County – the first death from rabies there in nearly 20 years, officials announced Friday....

If your kids aren't caught up on school vaccinations, it's time to make that appointment. Pennsylvania adopted new vaccination regulations last year. Don't be put off by rumors that vaccinations cause autism. Your child will be worse off without the...

Justin Bieber's new album ‘Believe' is beautifully sung and deftly adds a Euro-house beat to the teen idol's usual R&B mix....

Whooping cough cases throughout the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area continue to grow as health department officials attempt to contain the worst outbreak …...

Hailey Davis, of far northwest suburban Huntley, went to the doctor's office hoping to get medication to stop her cough and runny nose. She learned …...

Those who think the worst part of consuming sugar is its empty calories need to think again. Sugar is the root of the worst health crisis in the civilized world, say researchers from the University of California-San Francisco, and should be handled as a...