Researchers have developed an optical biosensor that detects the virus that causes mpox. The technology could make diagnosis much faster and cost-effective as the disease continues to spread worldwide ...

The Standard & Poor’s Biotechnology Select Industry Index (XBI), one measure of the health of the life sciences industry, ...

A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s has now sickened over 100 people, the CDC says. Here's what to know.

Robert F. Kennedy, who president-elect Donald Trump nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, wants to end fluoridated water.

His nomination to head the HHS by President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday could bring sweeping changes to the way Washington, D.C., targets health issues.

Drug overdose deaths rose more in Alaska than any other state over the past year, increasing by nearly 39% continuing a ...

During his presidential campaign, Kennedy developed a national profile for his criticism of the Covid vaccines and childhood ...

Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

Because Newton and Jasper counties are now part of a CWD management zone, different rules apply this fall for deer hunters. Among them, hunters who harvest a deer during the opening of the modern ...

According to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday overdose deaths are down 14% from ...

Measles cases have skyrocketed in recent years after a COVID-19 pandemic-era drop in vaccination against the virus. Cases of ...

Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run Health and Human Services Department, which oversees NIH, CDC and FDA, among other agencies.