By 2007, a cumulative 4,119 Arkansans had been diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the d...

Cholera, a deadly, infectious gastrointestinal disease that usually spreads through contaminated water, is an ...

Coccidians are microorganisms belonging to the Phylum Apicomplexa and Suborder Eimeriorina, which includes eig...

Diphtheria is a serious contagious disease caused by toxin-producing strains of the bacteria Corynebacterium d...

Hookworm disease was a significant public health issue in Arkansas until the movement to eradicate hookworms i...

In the early months of 1895, Hot Springs (Garland County) suffered through a blizzard, numerous fires, and a s...

The first human dissection performed in Arkansas is commemorated by an obelisk located at the edge of MacArthu...

Malaria is a serious infectious disease caused by a single-celled parasite known as a plasmodium, which is gen...

Pellagra is a form of malnutrition caused by a severe deficiency of niacin (also known as nicotinic acid or v...

The poliovirus terrorized the United States for many years, and Arkansas was no exception. Infection with the ...

Rabies, a viral disease that attacks the body’s central nervous system, causes convulsions, hallucinations, ...

Rubella or “German measles” is a contagious disease caused by a virus of the genus rubivirus, which is ide...

Smallpox is an infectious disease characterized by the formation of a rash and blisters across the face and ex...

Ticks are a very specific cosmopolitan collection of obligate, haematophagous, ectoparasitic arthropods of ver...

Tuberculosis (also known as consumption) is a contagious, potentially fatal bacterial infection that mainly af...

Typhoid is among the earliest diseases reported in Arkansas and was a significant public health problem up thr...

West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA flavivirus (family Flavivirid...

In 1878 and 1879, Southern cities such as Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, were devastated by e...