The decades-long syphilis epidemic in the U.S. continues, as the CDC says the maternal syphilis rate spiked 28% between 2022 ...

The withdrawal is set to take effect this week, although WHO officials may not officially accept it because the US has unpaid ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

Health officials haven't committed to an upcoming meeting with the World Health Organization that will select flu strains for ...

"We are facing a silent epidemic of chemical pollution," co-author Angelika Hilbeck, a biologist at ETH Zürich, told Mongabay. "Chronic diseases are surging, biodiversity is collapsing, and public ...

The new report examined numbers from 2023, the latest year for which data were available. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases totaled 916,000, including about 680,000 deaths from heart disease and 180 ...

The first mass grave of the Justinianic Plague in Jordan, reveal how the world’s first pandemic devastated an ancient city.

The measles epidemic continues to spread in the United States, with an outbreak in the southeastern state of South Carolina ...

All viral activity benchmarks have gone down, except for a slight increase in the death rate. Here's what to know about the ...

A terrifying outbreak of deadly bacteria at a Bay Area homeless encampment has sparked urgent calls for action in Los Angeles ...

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last year in May, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. lost his temper and threw a tantrum on Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), blaming her for causing the ongoing ...