Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

The chronic condition can be especially painful in the winter as frigid temperatures cause arthritis symptoms to worsen.

Georgia officials halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 ...

Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio.

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an ...

The CDC has put out new bird flu guidelines amid a new case announced this week in Accomack County on Virginia's Eastern ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's nominated to become the next health secretary, asked the federal government to revoke its ...

US President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of vaccine conspiracist Robert F Kennedy, Jr, as his new administration's Health and Human Services (HHS) cabinet secretary has alarmed many public health ...

Viral sicknesses have risen in early 2025 amid the ongoing “quad-demic” in the U.S., referring to three respiratory viruses and one gastrointestinal disease, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Water is often contaminated with parasites like giardia, which causes diarrhea, gas, and smelly and greasy poop, Alan says — ...

HHS is investing more than $800 million in vaccine development and manufacturing capacity to strengthen the nation's response capabilities to emerging infectious disease threats, including bird flu.

RSV cases peaked earlier this month, but experts ask people to remain vigilant in preventing its spread. RSV is a respiratory ...