Fever

A deadly and mysterious fever is causing panic in the northern city of Kanpur, India and in the villages that surround the area.

The movement is like a modern version of the March of Dimes, created in 1938 to defeat polio, or like collecting pennies for Unicef on Halloween.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi

An alarming outbreak of the mumps two years ago has raised questions about whether an additional vaccination is needed.

That should save the lives of 5,000 children a year, the authors estimated

A rare bacterial disease known as Q fever is turning up in a rural northern Nevada county that also is home to a childhood leukemia cluster, according to a published report.

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Mosquito-borne disease suspected of sickening 3,200, killing 7 this year