General practitioners are saying that prescribing antibiotics to patients with runny noses may do more harm than good to the patient.

Researchers at the University of Auckland reviewed seven studies which look at the use of antibiotics for patients with runny noses and with colored discharge said the best advice to the sufferers is to keep blowing their nose

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Roxane Laboratories, Inc., are issuing a nationwide voluntary recall of a single manufacturing lot of Azathioprine tablets, USP 50 mg.

The drug, Azathioprine is used to help prevent rejection in kidney transplant patients, and can also be used to manage severe rheumatoid arthritis

A cholera outbreak in Angola has killed over 2,000 people, and infected 48,000, since it began in February.

Now, officials in Angola warn that if the water and sanitation systems in the African nation are not improved, the deaths will continue

Children infected with Rotavirus, which causes severe diarrhea, can now be treated with nitazoxanide.

According to the Lancet, the virus kills over half a million youngsters in mainly poor countries each year

Experts say that the number of measles cases in the UK has reached a record-breaking high in 20 years.

It is estimated that Surrey and Sussex could have up to 156 cases and South Yorkshire up to 180. Last year's number was just 77 cases across England and Wales