More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial ...

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive ...

Natural declines in muscle mass, strength, bone density, flexibility and reaction times significantly increase the risk of falls, a major cause of injury in older adults.

Three Pennsylvania nonprofits share a uniquely focused mission on public health. Looming federal cuts to scientific research, ...

The CDC center that provides a window into how Americans are accidentally killed could see much of its work zeroed out under ...

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

The newly reconstituted CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet this week. Packed with antivaxxers, the ...

Saturday set a new highest minimum temperature for a June 21 in Chicago. Sunday and Monday could see new record high ...

Measles is back Nearly 35 US states have shared news about outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and ...

Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the members of the CDC’s esteemed vaccine advisory panel, medical organizations and experts are looking for alternatives.

A document the Department of Health and Human Services distributed to members of Congress to justify recent changes to ...

A 15-year-old boy survived a lightning strike in Central Park during a severe thunderstorm, with injuries concentrated on his ...