The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Retsef Levi, a member of its key vaccine panel, to lead its ...

Another major medical association has broke from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is now recommending ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Retsef Levi, a member of its key vaccine panel, to lead its COVID-19 immunization task force, a spokesperson for the health department ...

A notorious flesh-eating parasite has been detected in a US patient for the first time in decades, health officials ...

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A person who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to ...

Why does sleep loss lead to weight gain? Research reveals how disrupted hormones and brain reward systems drive cravings ...

The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking havoc on cattle and ...

Six people have now died and more than 110 have been infected and gotten sick from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City. Legionnaires' ...

Health officials in New Jersey are urging locals to stay up to date with the MMR vaccine and be on alert for symptoms after a ...

U.S. officials report a rare human case of New World screwworm in Maryland. Could the parasite spread to Michigan?