About 15% of patients with typhoid fever develop serious neurological complications, including delirium and seizures, that are collectively described as acute encephalopathy. Until now, however, ...

Malaria is transmitted through bites from infected mosquitoes, while typhoid is caused by Salmonella typhi, a gramme-negative salmonella bacterium, through ingestion of contaminated food and drinks.

Typhoid can strike even if you drink clean or RO water. Doctors warn that the infection often spreads through contaminated food, poor hand hygiene, or contact with infected surfaces. Caused by ...

In a rare occurrence of locally acquired typhoid fever in Canada, health officials in Ottawa recently traced an outbreak back to a chronic Salmonella Typhi carrier working as a food handler. The ...

Health officials in Saskatchewan Canada are urging customers of Domino’s Pizza in Martensville to watch for symptoms of typhoid fever. The restaurant’s customers may have been exposed to Salmonella ...

The Albany County Health Department has confirmed a case of typhoid fever connected to Guilderland Elementary School. Typhoid fever can cause severe headaches and stomach pain. Officials said the ...

Bacteria causing Typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to some of the most important antibiotics for human health, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. The largest ...

Mary Mallon, a peripatetic cook, was a famed typhoid carrier, i.e., she was a walking factory of typhoid germs, to which she herself was immune. It was known that Typhoid Mary gave the disease to 57 ...

In this special report, a medical expert from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital discusses the alarming rise of typhoid cases in urban centers, contradicting the belief that it is solely a rural issue. The doctor ...