Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large, smoldering outbreak that was kindled in an undervaccinated pocket of West Texas have driven the United States to a troubling new milestone: There have ...

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New Jersey residents are at a greater risk for measles now that the state no longer has herd immunity. Public health experts ...

Locally acquired cases have appeared in Florida and other parts of the U.S. where the disease isn’t endemic. Health officials ...

There is no known increased risk of drowning after eating — “whether you’re swimming for fun or [are] a professional athlete, ...

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal ...

FDA-approved Korean Botox alternative, at home—prompting health experts to warn of serious risks like facial paralysis and ...

A recent study by researchers at Northwestern Medicine takes a closer look at how marijuana might affect our DNA. While ...

Seventeen public health emergency operations center staff members from seven West African countries have graduated from a two-week training program designed to enhance their skills in managing public ...

In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of the vaccine's ...

Fitness influencer Maria Palen was left partially paralysed after contracting Babesiosis, a rare tick-borne illness. Despite ...