A federal grand jury has charged five people, including one man from Albertville, with conspiring to violate the Animal ...

Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease ...

Another summertime threat is ticks, which are arachnids. Alabama’s warm and humid climate lends to tick activity year-round.

In a classic summer weather pattern, there is the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of Alabama ...

A new federal estimate shows a rise in prediabetes among American adolescents, a finding that is spurring concerns about the ...

Nicotine products are becoming more and more popular, but they are also causing harm to young children, according to reports.

After years of alarming increases, fatal drug overdoses have finally dropped in America, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced.

Tonight, overdose deaths in the state of Alabama have decreased by over 18%. That's according to provisional data from the CDC. Experts in overdose prevention say they hope these trends will continue.

The WHO warns that a new, more dominant COVID strain is on the loose—and spreading rapidly. What to know about the XFG ...

As of Friday, June 5, the CDC reported 1,168 confirmed cases in 34 jurisdictions – not including the suspected Alabama case reported Sunday.

According to the CDC, Alabama is one of eight states experiencing a very high level of flu activity.

Gavin Newsom claps back at Southern states with homicide rate comparison. Is he right? Data for 2022 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that California has a lower rate of ...