The CDC is reporting record-breaking emergency room visits for tick bites, with children and the elderly most affected.

Not so long ago, public health ranked high in the scientific pantheon. Its heroes—the conquerors of cholera, smallpox, yellow ...

Dementia remains a leading cause of disability and dependency among older adults, affecting an estimated 55 million people globally, according to the World Health Organization.

LOS ANGELES -- The number of measles cases in the United States has hit the highest level in more than 30 years, according to the data released Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

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An 8-year-old girl in China vomited worms for a month before doctors found drain fly larvae from household water were the ...

A positive COVID-19 test result is not something that anyone wants to see — but now there may be an extra reason to avoid ...

A group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 5-2 to recommend use of a new shot ...

Variant NB.1.8.1 accounted for 0% of U.S. cases in April. By mid-June, it was estimated to be the cause of around 37% of cases.

Once again, a new strain of COVID has hit the country, and that includes Rhode Island. According to the Centers for Disease ...

A new COVID-19 variant is spreading rapidly through the U.S. What to know about NB.1.8.1 and its symptoms in Tennessee.

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to know about symptoms and vaccines.