Changes to federal hepatitis B vaccination recommendations could lead to more childhood infections and leave up to 1.8 million young adults vulnerable to the virus, a new study finds.I...

Nigeria is confirming its first Ebola case as an outbreak continues to spread in the nearby Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).According to Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the patient is a woman who arrived on a...

Open enrollment for Medicare, the nationwide federal health insurance program primarily for those aged 65 and older, has started.Many enrollees in privately run Medicare Advantage plans may need to find new plans as insurers scale back thei...

More than 4,400 measles cases have been reported in the U.S., according to an update on Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).A total of 4,410 cases have been confirmed, with most reported by 45 states and Washing...

North Carolina health officials are warning that West Nile virus is spreading after two deaths were linked to the disease.The two deaths were adults from central North Carolina, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Serv...

After years of fertility treatments to become pregnant with her first two children, 30-year-old Ashlee Amborn was shocked to learn she was pregnant with her third child just four months after her second was born. The solution, she said: a GLP-1. ...

As measles continues to spread across the U.S., local health officials say it may be spurring some to get themselves or their children vaccinated.More than 4,000 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. as well as six deaths -- with the most r...

Miniature organs being sent into space for the very first time may soon help scientists understand how spaceflight impacts certain organs and may accelerate aging.In a joint effort by researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA and aerospace c...

Measles cases in the United States have surpassed 4,000 this year, according to data updated Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).A total of 4,080 cases have been confirmed, with most reported by 45 states and Wa...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has established measures to "identify and assess" any travelers from the Russian region where a possible plague case was reported.In a statement on Wednesday, the agency noted tha...

Pennsylvania is reporting 74 new measles cases since Monday, the state's health department said Wednesday.A total of 1,078 cases have been reported in the state so far this year. At least 207 people have been hospitalized and five people ha...

As the weather turns colder, it also means respiratory virus season is upon the United States.In its annual outlook report, the Cente...

Cats live in nearly 80 million American households, but a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it does not currently have enough information from Russian authorities to conduct a full risk assessment after the death of a plague laboratory worker in Siberia.Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gheb...