Epidemiologist Jose Maria Martin-Moreno said: 'Stagnant water is the perfect habitat for the proliferation of mosquitoes and cockroaches, as well as rodents and organisms which can cause human ...

Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a serious, but relatively uncommon condition in the United States, with an average of 30 reported cases in humans each year. Nearly all of those cases are among ...

Buncombe County Health and Human Services has warned that Western North Carolina residents helping to clean up the ...

they may be at risk of tetanus. This risk increases if the person is not up to date on vaccinations. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services recommends several safety measures ...

Outdoor boilers have become very essential in heating homes and buildings, but like any other mechanical system, they have ...

Experts say victims of the floods and volunteers helping in the clean up are all now at risk of suffering mosquito-borne ...

The Oct. 18 briefing covered a long list of subjects, with explanations of health hazards post-Helene, reopening parks, water ...

and tetanus-diphtheria (TD) in over 800 schools in Metro Manila. They are also looking at having 83,857 Grade 4 female ...

BISMARCK, N.D. ( North Dakota Monitor) – Cases of whooping cough have more than tripled in North Dakota compared to last year ...