Diseases

A local tuberculosis case, two new disease outbreaks and how dark chocolate can help prevent diabetes.

A new federal report shows climate change is driving disease carriers like ticks and mosquitoes into new areas of the nation, including the Mountain West.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the development of polio and how it is still impacting people, as we approach World Polio Day on October 24.

While COVID-19 ravaged the country, the United States has also been experiencing a number disease outbreaks that we don't normally see, like Dengue Fever, Monkeypox, Measles, Malaria and even polio. Why are we seeing these diseases now? And what can we do about them?

As the planet continues to warm and seasons begin to change many people are starting to see warmer winters and earlier springs which makes it easier to spread infectious diseases, especially as insects have more time to reproduce and expand into new territory.

A highly contagious disease was claiming lives, with no end in sight. Some members of the public, including a few members of the medical community were skeptical of a new vaccine. And the gap between the have’s and the have-nots grew wider. The year was… no, not 2020. In fact, it was 1932.

Researchers say the fungus behind a disease called Valley fever may spread in the Mountain West as rain and temperature patterns change.Coccidioides fungi…

In the past, we’ve brought you stories of the plague in cats, dogs and rodents -- mainly ground squirrels. But this year, for the first time in decades,…

Jonathan Katz talks more about his award-winning book, The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster. Mr Katz…

A second cat in Elmore County has likely died of plague. This cat lived outside the plague area boundary drawn by health officials.This is the second cat…