Typhoid fever remains a major health challenge in India, as every year, we see multiple outbreaks, which occur most frequently during monsoon and post-monsoon seasons, and even otherwise. Recently a ...

When most people hear "typhoid", they think of the high fever, stomach pain and a few weeks off work. But for many in India, the story doesn't end at the six-week mark. For Debanish Achom (Senior ...

I had typhoid 2 years back; had a relapse an year back and once again have had a third relaspe recently. What do you think my problem is? I am a vegetarian and don't even eat eggs. My diet is low-salt ...

Most people in the United States, myself included, tend to think of typhoid as a disease vanquished by 1920 with the advent of public sewage systems and antibiotics. Some of us may vaguely recall the ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Do you remember the story of Typhoid ...

Typhoid fever can leave a person feeling weak and exhausted even after the infection has been treated. But does crossing the age of 40 automatically mean that recovery will take longer? Not ...

Malawi plans a nationwide rollout of the newest typhoid vaccine after a two-year study, the first in Africa, found it safe and effective in children as young as 9 months. Previously available vaccines ...

The family of a woman killed by Typhoid says the handling of the outbreak is 'a failure'. Photo: NZ Herald The family of the 52-year-old woman who died after contracting typhoid are calling the ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Salmonella typhi, the parasite that causes typhoid fever (in yellow-green, attached to another bacterial cell. Do you remember the story of Typhoid Mary – the cook who ...

Do you remember the story of Typhoid Mary – the cook who spread typhoid to as many as 100 people in the early 1900s even though she herself showed no symptoms? She was confined to isolation for 26 ...