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The claim that a mixture of garlic, lemon juice, and mustard oil can cure lice forever is false. Garlic juice, lemon juice, and mustard oil may have minor effects on lice but do not kill them instantl ...

Serious health and welfare challenges persist in Norwegian aquaculture, annual Fish Health report finds. The Norwegian ...

This account of the lead up to an assault, from the diaries of Arthur Roberts, is all too familiar and quite unlike what anyone had imagined combat to be like at the outbreak of World War One.

During a herpes outbreak, painful sores or blisters appear on the genitals ... If your itching comes from areas where you have pubic hair, you may have pubic lice (or “crabs”). These tiny insects live ...

Fiji health authorities are scrambling to stem an outbreak of HIV, as growing meth use and alarming needle-sharing trends accelerate the spread of the virus.

Last year, 51 cases of the disease were reported to officials - nearly half of which originated in nursing homes.

Now, just a few weeks into his tenure, a measles outbreak has put the issue squarely in the national spotlight. Nearly 230 cases have been identified in Texas and New Mexico, and one person has ...

The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to ...