Multnomah County reportedly asked for the evaluation because of a history of concerns about exposure to smoke-related dru ...

A new Covid-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, has surfaced in the US, following a surge in China, with cases detected in international ...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary hinted on Sunday at shifting the U.S. healthcare system away from standard treatment to a more ...

High blood pressure has become a reality for more and more Americans—in fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

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

House Bill 2688, sponsored by Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, would allow certified nurse midwives to enter a written agreement with a physician to provide or assist with home births. In designated ...

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, ...

The National Weather Service has noted that a large plume of Saharan dust is forecast to arrive across Puerto Rico and the ...

The ominous strings of the Jaws theme may give you chills, but public health officials warn of a bigger beach threat: Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria in warm coastal waters.

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 ...