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A new study found that people may be at increased risk for cognitive decline by consuming ultra-processed foods, including hamburgers and cookies.

Formerly, hearing aids required a prescription and came with a high price tag — now, Americans over age 18 who have mild-to-moderate hearing loss can buy hearing aids over the counter in drugstores.

The United States look to end mpox as a public health emergency in January after more than 29,000 people were infected across the US since it's initial outbreak.

A study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that the experimental drug lecanemab showed a slowing of cognitive decline progression by 27% in those with early Alzheimer's.

Once he tested positive for RSV, William Myers - only a few weeks old - was airlifted to another hospital and intubated. He died just three days later.

A report out of Minnesota indicates a woman saw multiple doctors for non-specific symptoms, which progressed to the loss of her peripheral vision, apparently tied to skin-whitening products.

After comparing pre-pandemic MRI scans of older teens to scans taken during COVID-19, researchers at Stanford University discovered the pandemic aged teens' brains by about three years.

The continent of Africa is about to get its first mpox vaccines as a donation from South Korea. Mpox killed 202 people this year in Africa.

Two new studies presented Tuesday suggest that a standard procedure for treating arthritis may in fact be making the disease worse than preventing it.

Mistakes made at a COVID testing lab in Britain may have led to the deaths of 20 people. The lab marked thousands of positive coronavirus tests as negative.

The World Health Organization announced on Monday that it will officially begin to phase out the term "monkeypox" with "mpox" over the next year.

Researchers analyzed more than 72,765 Norwegian birth records to test the WHO's guidance on waiting six months after a a miscarriage or induced abortion before conceiving again.

President Joe Biden is now 80 years old — making him the oldest president to serve as commander in chief. Some health professionals have concerns about the advanced age of someone in this role.

A California appeals court ruled against the San Diego Unified School District’s controversial COVID-19 student vaccine mandate this week following pushback.

The waning efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and increasingly contagious strains of the virus are taking a toll, even among those who received their primary vaccine doses.

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha on Tuesday urged Americans to discuss getting vaccinated at the Thanksgiving table.

Somalia is on the brink of its worst famine in the past 50 years. However, a famine has still not been declared. Government aid workers say the decision is highly influenced by politics

Enoki mushrooms contaminated with Listeria have made people sick, according to public health officials. Two people — one in Nevada, one in Michigan — were hospitalized. Here's what to know.

Infectious disease experts shared input on RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) — and whether or not adults and children can be infected with it more than once as the county experiences a surge of illness.

As COVID cases rise, Los Angeles County Public Health officials have "strongly" recommended residents wear a mask ahead of the approaching holiday season.