Westchester County health officials say people should avoid recreational activities along a stretch of the Hudson River until further notice due to a massive raw sewage discharge.

For nearly a century, the gold standard for closing severe burn wounds has been split-thickness skin grafts. Surgeons remove ...

Closing wounds, burns and deep cuts isn't enough to kick-start healing. A wound needs a clean environment, free of bacterial infection and interruption. That calls for three components working ...

Three years ago, local firefighter Nick Verstoppen thought he might never be able to lift weights again. Now, he is competing ...

After battling a flesh-eating disease that nearly cost him his arm and possibly his life, Green Bay firefighter Nick ...

The Yankees placed third baseman Ryan McMahon on the 10-day injured list with a throat infection and called up utility man ...

Wout van Aert of Belgium and Team Visma | Lease a Bike prior to the 78th Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes 2026, Stage 5 a 195.8km ...

Van Aert wore a small bandage on his right elbow during the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. | Credit: Wout van Aert's infected elbow turned out to be far more serious than previously thought, as his Visma ...

Maggots, the larvae of flies, don’t have a great reputation. Most of the time, when they’re discovered, it’s in some sort of ...

Alligators live in bacteria-filled swamps and rarely get sick. The hidden chemistry inside their blood could help fight the superbugs that antibiotics can no longer kill.

The rugby and NRL champion feared for his future when he suffered serious complications following a neck operation.

The 11-year-old kid woke up to find a bat on his face with no visible sign of bite yet died of infection two weeks later ...