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The postpartum period is a time for recovery and healing. When you are busy juggling healing, establishing breastfeeding, and ...

Doctors call it "urticaria," but everyone else calls it "hives." We're talking about the incredibly itchy, swollen rash that can suddenly show up on skin, without warning, only to disappear and show ...

Minnesota health officials report the largest outbreak of drug-resistant ringworm in the US, affecting over 30 individuals.

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Aurobindo Pharma Limited announced that its wholly owned step-down subsidiary, Acrotech Biopharma, has received approval from ...

Measles is spread by an infected person’s breathing, coughing or sneezing, so the NHS website recommends opening windows and ...

Doctors are warning about cold urticaria, a painful cold allergy that causes itchy red rashes, swelling, and hives when skin is exposed to cold air, water, or sudden temperature changes.

Sunbeams through the windows illuminate floating dust motes—and, imperceptibly, microdroplets of mucus carrying the measles virus, expelled from an infected but asymptomatic child who is hopping and ...

A sexually transmitted ringworm is spreading in one US state - It can take months to treat the fungal infections, which were first reported in the U.S. in 2024 ...