Scientists and health officials are pretty certain...  ...ussia. The World Health Organization declared the disease eradicated in 1979, and the two remaining supplie...  ...h officials are divided on how to ensure that the disease stays eradicated. Some say our best bet is to kee...

Every day, scientists are striving to make our liv...  ...made the mistaken conclusion that this meant the disease was not contagious. The fact that he never caught...  ...not contagious. The fact that he never caught the disease after constant exposure to patients with the mala...  ...malady further inspired hi...

Pandemic takes the idea of audience participat...  ...overy Channel show that creates the scenario of a disease pandemic and we watch to see how isolated partici...

Diseases and conditions are often named after the doctor w...

Looking to cuddle up with your own bit of disease ? Try this breast cancer cell sculpture by Amyof G...

On October 26th, 1977, a hospital cook in Somalia...  ...eedom from smallpox, which was a most devastating disease sweeping in epidemic form through many countries...  ...n 1958 that finally led to the eradication of the disease

SARS Corona Virus by Luke Jerram Artist Luke Jarr...  ...created glass sculptures of some of the deadliest diseases known to man including HIV, E. Coli and Small Pox...  ...and the ability of scientists to visualize these diseases . For instance scientists are unable to describe...

Can you tell your Harry Potter characters from h...  ...ll your Harry Potter characters from hideous skin diseases ? That's the challenge today in the Lunchtime Quiz...

Cockroaches, wasps, rats, mosquitoes, and E. coli bacteria. All horrible creatures, right? Maybe not so much. Cracked spells out how each of these things benefits us and the planet we live on. It might not make you fee...

Scientists may finally be on the cusp of finding a...  ...gination. There was a mystique about these deadly diseases that people just found utterly compelling. I can'...