Experts warn that the risks will extend beyond immediate injuries, displacement, and deaths, based on scientific prediction and evidence from previous disasters. Floodwaters are likely to seep into ...

Barnstable’s health board will review a proposal that could change septic rules near sensitive waters. What could it mean for some property owners?

Several Brevard County cities are accelerating a long-term push to move properties off septic systems and onto central sewer ...

Cirrhosis, malignancy, and acute kidney injury are among the clinical factors associated with early mortality in patients with septic shock.

In a unanimous vote on Wednesday morning, the Southern Nevada Health District withdrew a controversial proposal to update regulations for local homeowners with septic tanks. For the past six months, ...

New research led by University of South Carolina environmental health sciences assistant professor Laura Langan has provided further support for the effectiveness of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE ...

Anna Gallo was on the final day of a dream skiing holiday to Japan when she started violently shaking, vomiting and losing consciousness. She was put into an ambulance and rushed from hotel to ...

Rates infection related cancer have increased among solid organ transplant recipients, CDC reports a five-fold rise in Kaposi sarcoma virus transmission.

A surge in quartz countertop fabrication has triggered a growing epidemic of silicosis — an incurable lung disease — among Bay Area workers who cut and polish the popular kitchen material.

Financial support for this activity was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; American Society for Microbiology; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Johnson & Johnson; MedImmune, Merck ...

Many people will have experienced being unwell with an unknown infection and having to undergo multiple tests to determine the culprit. This sequential process of elimination can be time-consuming and ...