Data published this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms a trend, already reported anecdotally by emergency department staff across the country, that deaths from ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne illnesses are a major public health concern in the United States and are responsible for about 48 million people becoming ...

As usual, a second trial will be needed before UCB and Biogen can file dapirolizumab pegol with regulators. It will be called ...

When it comes to where the new variant has been detected, right now, it’s more common in Europe. Currently, it’s been ...

As an OB-GYN in the South, I check a patient's address before reviewing her medical history. That's not normal.

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S. About 4 in 10 Americans have obesity overall and about 1 in 10 have severe ...

Egypt’s Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar revealed the cause of the mystery outbreak recently reported in ...

Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, said to STAT, noting that ...

The first person in New York state to be diagnosed with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in nearly a decade has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Monday.

For decades, public health officials and anti-tobacco activists have talked about the “endgame” in tobacco control.

The new figures come just a week after the CDC released its state map of obesity rates around the country, based on results ...

A squeeze to my knee. Pulsating images on a monitor. A Kaiser ultrasound technician was doing what the doctor ordered on ...