DISEASE

Houston Health Department shares how to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections.

Your lifestyle could be fueling a future of gum problems and premature teeth loss.

The City of Sugar Land announced the city’s animal shelter expects to be closed for the next four to six weeks after taking in a dog that tested positive for distemper.

Doctors in the U.S. should be on the lookout for cases of Marburg virus, a rare but deadly infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an alert on Thursday.

City of Houston chief medical officer talks preventing the bacterial illness and signs to look out for.

Unpredictable, and unexplained symptoms - like stomach issues, fatigue, or rashes - could be signs of a rare disease that you might not even heard of yet. The rare disease is called “Systemic Mastocytosis” and often people who have it may be either un-diagnosed, or mis-diagnosed.

Breast cancer. It’s a disease that impacts women and men. It’s an illness that changes the lives of both those battling and those who love and support them.

When Elizabeth Dravis suddenly felt tired, she thought nothing of it. It was around the holidays, plus she’s a busy mom. So she thought, who in her shoes wouldn’t be tired?

Does anyone else feel like we’re in the midst of some pretty unsettling times? Even if you’re trying to keep a level head about where things stand with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy to turn on the TV or open social media and start to feel pretty overwhelmed, pretty quickly. For some, you can’t go out to eat, you’re now working from home and your kids aren’t even going to school. And with that, we thought we’d provide the following playbook. Yes, there is some science jargon involved here, but we tried to break it down for you in a way that’s easy to read and digestible.

TEHRAN – The new virus has killed two elderly Iranian citizens, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. The state news agency said later that schools and universities in Qom would be closed so an investigation could take place. Earlier on Wednesday, Iranian authorities confirmed two cases of the new virus, the first in the country, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. Iran has applied safety measure on arrival flights at its airports to control a possible spread of the virus. Egypt's Health Ministry only identified its sole case as a foreigner who is carrying the virus but not showing any serious symptoms.