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Despite the statistics showing your odds of survival, many people still have these phobias.

A household item that retails for less than $5 can provide a good first-line preventive measure against tick-borne illnesses.

Swimming in lakes (or any wild water) has its risks. When in doubt, check local advisories and trust your senses. And if the water looks or smells off, you might have better luck sticking to land.

Here’s what you need to know to keep yourself safe from the rodent-borne viral disease.

If you’re in a high-risk group, you may want to consider getting a booster for full protection against measles.

Avian influenza is causing top grocery chains to put restrictions on egg purchases.

Before the measles vaccine, there were between 3 and 4 million cases in the U.S. per year. Now, it’s less than 500.

Tuberculosis may seem like a historic malady, but it’s still the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Here’s what you need to know about its past and current outbreaks.

Spoiler alert: They’re still around.

Like clockwork, flu viruses seem to strike more people in winter than in any other season—and there are several reasons for that.

Researchers discovered a parasitic fungus that controls spiders‘ behavior, akin to the zombie ant fungus.

From January 27, 1925 until February 2, 20 mushers and 150 dogs heroically transported desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to the remote town of Nome, Alaska, saving countless lives in the process. But the event wasn’t without controversy.

Learn the key differences between sanitizing, disinfecting, and sterilizing to properly clean your home and protect your health.

You might think it’s gross, but some sleep experts swear that the key to a better night’s rest is sleeping with your socks on.

Without our immune system, we wouldn't last very long: this complex network of organs and cells fights off pathogens and helps maintain our health.

The super-contagious gastrointestinal virus is causing outbreaks across the U.S. Here's how to protect yourself (and everyone around you) from norovirus.

From Alice in Wonderland Syndrome to the real-life version of Benjamin Button’s disease, these rare conditions could come straight out of a storybook.

Public health officials are concerned that we could move back into a situation like that of the early 20th century, before antibiotics were discovered.

Protect your pets from harmful pathogens by washing their toys properly.

Bird flu is one of the reasons egg prices have skyrocketed. Here’s what else you should know about the current outbreak of the H5N1 virus among U.S. poultry and dairy cows.