California has reported 29 measles cases this year, surpassing last year's total, with low vaccination rates and travel contributing to the increase.

Aussie Rules players in Darwin with symptoms of conjunctivitis are being urged to contact health authorities amid an outbreak of unknown origin affecting dozens of players. The Northern Territory ...

People who use injection drugs are at a higher risk for eye infections, particularly endogenous endophthalmitis—a medical emergency caused by bacteria or fungi entering the bloodstream to reach the ...

Scientists have uncovered an intriguing link between infection and brain health, finding that a common bacterium in the eye appears to be linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. It's the ...

These findings have been verified in adult animals of different species. A new mouse study from neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute shows that briefly and reversibly anesthetizing the retina of ...

Among older adults, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increases the risk of cardiovascular events over the following year, according to new Danish data. Researchers say its effect on CV ...

There is a new FDA-approved eye drop on the market called Vizz. This once-daily, prescription eye drop is said to help combat presbyopia, otherwise known as age-related blurry vision. Drugmaker LENZ ...

Dr. Elizabeth Berger recently received a $2.3 million NIH award that will focus on finding new therapeutic strategies to fight infection and preserve vision caused by microbial keratitis, an infection ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.

Twenty-two percent of African-American adults ages 40 and older with eye disease in a cross-sectional study had undetected eye disease. Diabetic retinopathy (82%) and age-related macular degeneration ...

Credit: Getty Images / Uma Shankar Sharma This easy-to-read patient fact sheet explains how patients can differentiate between pink eye infection vs allergies, with key facts about all types of ...