Infectious Disease

Health officials in Jefferson County are trying to find people who may have come in contact with a person there who has caught measles.The person caught…

Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has cut testing for urinary tract infections nearly in half after making changes to its electronic health records…

The rare Bourbon virus could be in the St. Louis region, state health officials say.A patient with symptoms matching the virus was bitten by a tick…

The breed of mosquito most likely to carry the Zika virus probably won’t make its way to St. Louis this summer, but local public health agencies are still…

Scientists at Washington University have developed a genetic test that can be used to detect practically any virus known to infect humans.It could be…

A female nurse who was admitted to Mercy Hospital Jefferson with a fever after returning from Liberia has returned home, officials confirmed Saturday…

Updated at 6:40 p.m.A Jefferson County woman who was showing symptoms of Ebola has initially tested negative for the virus at Mercy Hospital in Crystal…

Researchers from all over the world are gathering today at Washington University for a conference on global health.The event is the first to be organized…