“Margarita burn” is a nice name for an annoying summer skin rash. It's a reference to lime juice, a key ingredient in the drink, which can get on the hands of a person squeezing the citrus fruit. If ...

Health chiefs say it is vital uptake is at least 95 per cent to prevent outbreaks of the highly infectious conditions, which ...

I thought I had misheard. Scarlet fever sounds like something from a different century. Many people today are only vaguely ...

Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...

This year there’s an unholy alliance of health risks for festival goers, with doctors concerned about one nasty disease in ...

If you – or your children – are heading off to Glastonbury next week, there’s an increasing risk you’ll come home with more ...

And it’s not only Australia witnessing this surge. In the United States, whooping cough cases are at their highest since 1948, with deaths reported in several states, including two infants. In ...

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health departments responsible for invisible but critical work including inspecting ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is on the rise in Arizona this year. Cases have been surging nationwide; however, Arizona has seen an 80% increase compared to the ...