UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot, and mouth, viral sore throats and an occasional case of COVID.

Respiratory illness season is over, but new risks are emerging in Central Texas. Here’s what to watch as summer approaches.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. During pregnancy, this bacteria can ...

Bear grease, applied only under the light of a full moon, was what my grandfather — a pharmacist for 20 years — was told by a ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease cases, a viral infection that causes rashes on the hands, feet and mouth, are on the rise across ...

In unvaccinated patients, the highly-spreadable virus can lead to pneumonia, ear infections, fever, a red-colored rash and ...

July brings a dose of Minions in 1920s Hollywood, Moana and a back-to-back dose of Holland and Zendaya, first in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and then in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” ...

A positive wastewater sample can signal that one or more people in the area may be infected.

Public health teams across the state ramped up efforts to target STIs after a sharp increase between 2020 and 2021.

Whooping cough is known as the "100-day cough" because symptoms can be prolonged. Initially, the cold-like symptoms can last ...

Learn how human parvovirus B19 spreads, why cases are rising again across the U.S., and how this “human parvo” virus is different from the disease that affects dogs. A virus many people associate with ...