RSV is usually contagious for three to eight days. A patient also may be contagious a day or two before experiencing symptoms ...

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore how a new Pap smear alternative may help prevent deaths from cervical ...

A new report published Monday found that heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States.

Health officials in Kansas said they are dealing with an "unprecedented" tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of ...

SD has allocated $5M annually to a fund that pays for programs to help tobacco users stop the habit and to prevent children ...

The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health ...

The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a Georgia deer has state officials on alert, but they say the deer hunting ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has urged the U.S. Senate — including specifically Sen. Bill Cassidy, a fellow Republican from ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists New Hampshire as one of three states with high respiratory illness risk per its latest data, alongside New Jersey and Wisconsin. The latest numbers ...

Food recalls take place when regulatory bodies and/or food manufacturers deem food unsafe to eat due to contamination or ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday and Thursday, health advocates find themselves in an ...