Tick bites hit highest levels since 2017 as Lyme disease cases rise due to climate change and expanding tick habitats. Learn ...

Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria. The disease is contracted when people ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 5.6 billion people are at risk of arboviral diseases such as chikungunya.

With summer’s barbecues, picnics, and festivals come warmer temperatures and outdoor cooking—conditions that also help bacteria and parasites thrive: one-third of all foodborne illnesses in the U.S. a ...

With summer’s barbecues, picnics, and festivals come warmer temperatures and outdoor cooking—conditions that also help ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched Free Mind, a national campaign aimed at providing resources ...

Connecticut is the state with the highest amount of kindergarteners vaccinated against measles, according to national data by ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a troubling trend: fewer kindergarteners in Texas are receiving routine childhood vaccinations, while exemptions are on the ...

New research reveals that obesity-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have surged within 20 years, with obesity linked to 13 ...

Health officials in Florida are warning consumers about the dangers of drinking raw milk after 21 people got sick from products linked to a single farm.

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City has killed two people and sickened 58 since late July.

A stunning sprint in scientific discovery from the 1920s onward basically eradicated communicable diseases such as polio, ...