U.S. life expectancy has hit the highest mark in American history. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national COVID pandemic. But more than two years later, a growing body ...

Guam, through its Department of Public Health and Social Services, has joined a growing number of states pushing back against ...

People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.

With the federal government cutting vital programs and reducing the public health workforce (the Centers for Disease Control ...

Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s substantial reduction to the number of vaccines recommended for children, the American Academy of Pediatrics has released an updated versi | ...

Following the outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus, airports in Asia are screening travelers from the “affected areas.” ...

Researchers in North Carolina have identified a key clue to why people keep catching colds over time. A Duke-led study found that a common cold virus changes over time, helping it slip past our immune ...

Under legislation that has cleared a House subcommittee, Iowans would be allowed to buy the medications ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine without a prescription. Currently, a subscription is needed to ...

For the third consecutive year, San Diego County’s suicide rate increased slightly, continuing a trend that is gradually returning the region to rates of self-harm seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.