Communicable diseases can be caused either by bacteria or viruses or fungi. An infected person carrying the pathogen can infect the other person by coming in direct physical contact or through the ...

Diseases caused by pathogens are called communicable diseases. This means the disease can be transferred from an infected organism to another organism. There are other types of disease which ...

Researchers say that exposure to foodborne illness can also trigger autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases occur if a person ...

Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is caused by the contamination of food by disease-causing agents (pathogens) ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

Infectious diseases are disorders that are caused by organisms, usually microscopic in size, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that are passed, directly or indirectly, from one person to ...

New research shows there were 9.9 million domestically acquired foodborne illnesses in the United States in 2019. The most ...

Bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms can change over time and develop a resistance to the drugs used to treat diseases caused by the pathogens. Therefore, drugs that were effective in the past ...

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria occurring naturally in freshwater environments and complex air conditioning cooling systems.

Researchers are exploring a study on carbon beads, designed to tackle harmful bacteria and inflammation ... treatment option ...