After Gov. Gavin Newsom last week declared an emergency stemming from bird flu’s spread in dairy herds, local public health ...

Does it feel like everyone is sick? Whether it’s your coworkers at the office or family visiting from out of town, it seems ...

There have been over 32,000 cases of whooping cough this year, CDC data shows—the highest toll seen in a decade.

Whooping cough cases are at decade-high levels, so with all the holiday gatherings held this week, we’re getting answers on what you should look out for.

The prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) was 8.4 percent among U.S. adults in 2023, according to a research letter ...

Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the ...

Testing sewage for infectious diseases can provide an early warning of what’s circulating even if people don’t have symptoms, ...

Experts say one reason is that younger people now have more risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and ...

Learn more about the increasing life expectancy in the U.S., driven by death rate declines in almost all leading causes of ...

Nearly 3.1 million U.S. residents died overall in 2023, roughly 189,000 fewer than the year before. Combined, the country’s 10 leading causes of death accounted for nearly 71% of total deaths among ...

If you’re looking for me on the road anytime soon, don’t blink. Speed limits and school zones be damned, I’ve got places to ...

Local health officials were trying hard to track infections, according to hundreds of emails from county health departments ...