We are in the middle of a global measles crisis. Cases have soared across the world, including in places where measles had previously been eliminated -- like the United States. In this year to date, the United States has already seen its second-greatest number of cases since 2000. And this past week, New York City declared a public health emergency due to the rapid spread of the virus.
When Stephani Lohman got her first look at her newborn in the delivery room, she playfully hit her husband, Eric, on the arm. She made a flustered comment about how ultrasounds could get the sex of the child wrong.
The UK could be flooded with a "rising tide" of dangerous products if the government does not reform its consumer rights systems, consumer group Which? has warned in a new report -- and the issue could be compounded by Brexit.
Ground beef is the food responsible for a mystery E. coli outbreak involving 109 cases of illness in six states, according to preliminary evidence, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
Concerned that anti-vaccination activists are winning the war on social media, advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say public health authorities need to figure out how to fight back.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization's director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Friday.
Allergies are worse and if you feel like you're becoming BFF's with your tissues more often, you're not mistaken. Pollen season is longer and pollen is more potent because of climate change. Thankfully, there are things you can do to stop sneezing.
Debt, tax season, and stress -- these are three things many adults can count on. The pressure to file for tax returns by a deadline gives tax preparers and accountants plenty of business, while also adding enough stress to garner the attention of the medical community.
Coins, toys, jewelry, button batteries, screws: Kids put all manner of things in their mouths, and adults are not doing a very good job of stopping them. The number of children seen in ERs after swallowing these types of objects has nearly doubled over two decades, according to a new study.
In an op-ed in the Washington Post on Thursday, the widow of Dr. Arthur Sackler, Jillian Sackler, pleaded for the public to stop blaming her late husband for the opioid crisis. She also said she fully supports using legal settlements in suits against the company and the family to fund treatment centers.
Spending 340 days aboard the International Space Station between 2015 and 2016 caused changes in astronaut Scott Kelly's body, from his weight down to his genes, according to the results of the NASA Twins Study, released Thursday.
After reviewing the safety and effectiveness of hand sanitizers, the US Food and Drug Administration has ruled that dozens of active ingredients can't be used in the antiseptic rubs, but the agency still wants answers about the most common active ingredient.
