Skin bleaching, NAD explained, is far from a harmless cosmetic indulgence. It is a practice that involves deliberately altering the skin’s natural pigment using topical creams, chemical peels, oral ...

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including Thailand, ...

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Superdrug's top pharmacist is warning the nation to be aware of impetigo, a highly contagious skin infection which is often misdiagnosed. As a result, people may not receive the prompt treatment ...

A combined approach of personal decolonization and environmental hygiene yielded a sustained reduction in recurrent Staphylococcus aureus-related skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) among ...

Bethenny Frankel is convinced towels from a resort in St. Barts caused a deeply uncomfortable facial bacterial infection. “So I had a bacterial infection from towels,” the “RHONY” alum said in a ...

A new study involving the Medical University of Vienna shows how the multi-resistant fungus Candida auris utilizes carbon dioxide (CO₂) to survive on the skin and become resistant to antifungal ...