Disease

The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is reporting world AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic, the most optimistic report the group has ever issued. Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS program, says in a news release, “We have seen a massive scale-up in access to HIV treatment, which has had a dramatic effect on the l

The Wyoming Department of Health is now reporting that the rate of chlamydia infection has increased in recent years. However, that trend may not indicate overall bad news. Overall, Wyoming ranks 26th in the Nation for rate of Chlamydia infection in 2010.

New research finds autistic children’s brains have far more neurons in the prefrontal cortex than those of kids who don’t have the disease.

DENVER (AP) — The death toll in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29 after federal health authorities say an eighth person has died in Colorado. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 139 persons have been sickened or killed in 28 states...

Livestock officials have confirmed three cases of brucellosis in cattle from the northern part of the state. The three confirmed cases are the first since February.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The recent listeria outbreak from cantaloupe demonstrates one likely cause of large-scale occurrences of serious illnesses linked to tainted food: the long and winding road what we eat takes from farm to fork.

National nonprofits and physicians’ organizations dedicate every October to the cause of breast cancer awareness — raising funds for research and helping ensure that all women are able to receive regular screenings.

The proposed rule for a National Animal Disease Traceability System, now under a public comment period, centers, in part, on an official identification number permanently given to an animal or a group of animals. U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say the primary form of I...