More than 840 measles infections have been reported in South Carolina, surpassing the tally in Texas last year. Public health ...

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In the last two weeks, Chicago has had two deaths and at least seven cases of meningococcal disease in adults — a higher ...

The AAP is recommending immunization against 18 diseases.​ Earlier this month, the CDC reduced its recommendations for ...

Gen Z’s sex lives and dating style reflect a deeper trend of risk aversion — young people are also drinking less. While those ...

Countries across Asia are on high alert after cases of the deadly Nipah virus were detected in India. Though Indian officials ...

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The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

The American Lung Association said sustained efforts to reduce tobacco use work, but Thomas Carr, the association’s director of national policy, said the progress is in jeopardy, especially ...

As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

The US will no longer participate in the WHO’s global influenza monitoring system – a shift experts say will lead to more flu ...