Appearance, size and the location of warts can vary. Most are less the one-half centimetre in diameter and may be flat or raised, dry or moist. Usually they have a rough, pitted surface, either flesh ...

Warts are contagious. The virus can be spread when skin is in direct contact with either a contaminated surface, or with the wart on another person’s skin. The virus is more likely to take hold ...

Common warts can occur on many areas of the body, especially the hands and fingers. Plantar warts typically develop on the ...

The symptoms do not appear until 10 to 14 days after someone is exposed to the virus and can appear as late as 21 days after exposure. Measles is highly contagious and can spread from one person ...

Amid the outbreak of measles in West Texas, there’s a question of how contagious the disease is ... will largely come down to how far the virus circulates — such as if and where an infectious ...

Canine distemper virus is a serious and highly contagious disease, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. The county said the virus "attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal ...