As cases of whooping cough rise, CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen explains what causes the respiratory illness, how it ...

Last year, the U.S. saw more than 10,000 cases, according to federal data. That’s the highest level in over a dozen years. California, New York, and Texas topped the list. Florida had more than 600 ...

The Grove City family says they bought a puppy from a Petland store and within a few days, members of the family became ill ...

The numbers for bowel cancer, the third-most-common type worldwide, are rising particularly fast. Compared with Americans ...

A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a parasitic worm "got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." The ...

In "The Last of Us,' a climate change-powered fungal pandemic nearly destroys humanity. Here's what the show can teach us ...

Mass General's Dr. Ali Raja says the new strain can cause spotted fevers and that it has never been seen before. It's rare to ...

Research suggests diet and E coli infections in childhood could be laying the ground for agressive bowel cancer decades later ...

Soap, a complex molecule, is both water-loving and water-fearing. Shaped like a tadpole, the soap molecule has a round head and long tail; the head is hydrophilic, and the tail is hydrophobic. This ...

New research published in Nature reveals that age-related changes in the gut promote the growth of pre-leukemic blood cells.

The surprising ranking of the nastiest things you touch daily, from kitchen sponges to phones, teeming with everyday germs.

Global warming has made it easier for bacteria and other germs to contaminate the food supply, and this little-discussed ...