Charlie, from Blackpool, was treated at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital as a four-year-old after chicken pox led to him ...

A WOMAN suffering from a flesh-eating bug has been given the miracle of a new face from a donor who underwent an assisted ...

The Barcelona woman thanked the donor, saying she “gave me a part of her life so that I could live” ...

A superfit amateur footballer died from a flesh-eating virus after doctors dismissed his symptoms as tonsillitis and sciatica ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

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Alex Lewis contracted a severe form of Strep A after thinking he'd just caught a touch of the 'lurgie' from customers ...

The New World screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that lays eggs in open wounds. It can be devastating to livestock and, in rare cases, humans. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/TNS) ...

A super fit footballer was killed by a flesh-eating bug after doctors dismissed his symptoms and thought he just had ...

The pioneering face transplant operation was carried out in a hospital in Spain and involved a team of 100 professionals. Doctors said they were left "speechless" by the generosity of the woman who ...