TYPHOID fever, a disease that notoriously claimed the life of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, has hit record levels ...

Cornell researchers have identified an antibiotic, rifampin, that is 99.9% effective against Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium ...

Typhoid fever is a rare illness in developed countries but is common in the developing countries. It can become a threat as typhoid may even lead to serious health problems. Typhoid is caused by a ...

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 ...

Typhoid also leads to an enlarged spleen, impaired liver function, a small red-dot skin rash on the abdomen and chest, and ...

When they returned to their resident states, none were aware of their common exposure to typhoid fever at the encampment. The epidemic of typhoid that broke out among the participants in their ...

Typhoid Fever was a serious problem at the turn of the century; in 1900 it killed 35,000 Americans. And in August 1906, when six people suddenly came down sick in the Oyster Bay household of ...

Tracking down the culprit behind an outbreak of typhoid fever in 1900s New York was a breakthrough in how symptom-free carriers can spread sickness. An Irish cook named Mary Mallon was the first ...

Yet the truth is this cook was responsible for only about thirty-three cases of typhoid fever and only three deaths. She was a villain (albeit a passive one), but not the heartless dealer of death ...

She was an Irish immigrant who wouldn't cooperate with public health officials, earning her the nickname Typhoid Mary. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, BYLINE: In 1906 ...

Just weeks later, more than half the people served came down with typhoid fever. Between August 27 and September 3, six people fell ill. Three weeks after the outbreak, Mallon left abruptly ...