Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

Antibiotics are formulated to kill bacteria—but this affects the healthy ones in your gut, too. A medical doctor specializing ...

Now 124 people infected in West Texas, nine more in New Mexico and outbreak 'still has a lot of energy and steam behind it.' ...

Tips to identify measles as several states report outbreaks of three cases or more. Texas has already reported over 120 cases ...

The family of 9-year-old Mia Klyczek of Alden said doctors believe she died of complications from Flu B. Mia’s mother, ...

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Disagreements about what worked and what didn’t against the biggest public health disaster in modern times have yet to be ...

With a large, high-profile measles outbreak in West Texas, declining childhood vaccination rates , and the appointment of a ...

Loredana Sarmati warned that pneumonia is a "major serious illness...even in young people". She added that "It is unlikely ...

Bird flu continues to make headlines while farmers across the United States grapple with cases in their flock and cattle, and one person died from a case of severe bird flu in January. While there is ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) have partnered to launch the ...

If you get six or more cold sores per year, your doctor may recommend something called suppressive antiviral therapy, which ...