Disease

The clinical trial shows what researchers are calling ‘promising results’ for a new treatment for Sjögren’s disease.

East Carolina University is offering free therapy services to address the needs of people with Parkinson’s disease.

A Duke-led research team has identified a blood-based biomarker to diagnose Parkinson’s disease, which may lead to earlier disease detection.

Researchers found chiggers carrying a bacterium that causes a disease called scrub typhus. The disease has not previously been reported in the U.S. No cases have been detected in North Carolina yet.

Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with monkeypox virus, which is endemic to some African countries. Neither North nor South Carolina had identified a case as of Wednesday afternoon — but one health expert said it "wouldn't be a huge surprise."

Following several measles outbreaks this winter, there is a movement among some states to make it more difficult for people to claim nonmedical exemptions to vaccine laws.

According to the United Nations, more people are living with HIV than have died since the epidemic began in the 1980s. There have been large medical and…

According to the United Nations, more people are living with HIV than have died since the epidemic began in the 1980s. There have been large medical and…

It started with a whisper. The initial reports of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa came out as news releases on June 3, 2014, and there was not much…

It started with a whisper. The initial reports of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa came out as news releases on June 3, 2014, and there was not much…