Mombasa was unsettled as many residents rushed to hospitals with a strikingly similar complaint: red, bloodshot eyes that seemed to appear overnight.Kenyan researchers have now pinned down the culprit ...

Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Red eyes are caused when blood vessels in the sclera (white part of the eye) swell ...

"Hygiene is key in preventing red eye disease. Washing of hands kills infections that may spread to eyes, causing the disease." Sharing of towels with family members infected with the disease is ...