After a case of measles was confirmed in Jefferson County, officials recommend the MMR vaccine. What to know about it before ...

The first measles case in South Carolina should prompt everyone to get vaccinated against the disease. Vaccines are safe and ...

Along with an influx of back-to-school illnesses, the coming school year may bring significant changes to how school-age kids ...

Obesity-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have tripled in just two decades, with women, older adults, and minority groups ...

Study subjects who lived in Bucks and Montgomery Counties near military bases had water wells that contained PFAS amounts ...

A mom who hired a lifeguard for her daughter’s pool party was called “dramatic” and “extra.” Water safety experts say she’s ...

Many women with serious underlying medical conditions like heart disease need birth control that won't make their conditions ...

Distrust of science is fueling such misguided proposals as scaling back critical public-health agencies.

A report on President Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda is in conflict with early Trump administration ...

The proposed cuts have caused concerns among some Senate Republicans, including Utah Sen. John Curtis, who may consider ...

Thousands of employees across US federal health agencies received an email Monday afternoon telling them they were out of a ...

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...