Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the CDC. With available vaccines ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a food safety alert in response to a multistate outbreak of ...

Health emergencies have not paused since January as cases of measles, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis A and C have spread ...

The West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease, and it commonly spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. In 2024, Texas ...

A recent BBC article focuses on a growing trend across the Western world: swimming vacations. While most people swim on a ...

This American Stroke Month, we're exploring a growing trend: more people under 45 are having strokes. We talk to Dr. Karin Olds, stroke director for Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, ...

Mental illness rates are rising, but not because of a crisis. They are a predictable result of stress, expanded criteria, and ...

Special to IFN Prescription drugs are a great help to many if used as prescribed. Unfortunately, the CDC estimates more than ...

Laredo overdose deaths dropped 52% in 2024. City and community leaders emphasize that progress depends on continued harm ...

Supermarket chain Publixhas issued a recall of a fruit and vegetable baby food pouch following tests that revealed elevated ...

A public health expert, Dr. Chinedu Agbakwuru has urged governments at all levels and health sector stakeholders to implement data-driven reforms as a catalyst for innovation in health ...

"I'm worried that if we're not studying it, we're just going to watch it continue to happen and we won't be prepared." ...