"Winter vomiting disease” is on the rise across the United States, with norovirus cases surging since mid-October. Wastewater ...

A scientific study reveals a striking gap between the perception of water safety and actual contamination data. Residents ...

The bottles of holy water were absolutely teeming with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, per the report, with an estimated 100,000 to 100 million “colony forming units,” which allowed the bacteria to ...

With the country being inundated with extreme rain and severe flooding, there is a heightened risk of infectious diseases and ...

At least 14 cases of Legionnaires' disease have been reported in central Florida with a possible link to a gym.

A UK woman was forced to spend five days in hospital with severe gastroenteritis after swimming in the sea as hospitalisations from water-borne diseases increased by 60 per cent since 2010. East ...

KINGSTON – Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The Category 5 ...

(leptospirosis) in Kerala over 11 months. Health experts warn of rising waterborne diseases due to contaminated water. Learn ...