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As a severe flu season strains emergency rooms, striking New York nurses say patient safety—not pay—is at the center of their fight.

Dr. Francisco “Paco” Tomei-Torres passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 74.

US flu activity remains high but has eased or stabilised for a second straight week, CDC data show, even as hospitalisation ...

Nipah is a deadly virus with no vaccine or cure and considered a high-risk pathogen by the World Health Organization ...

Parents who wish to have their children vaccinated against the flu may still do so in consultation with their child’s ...

The relentless spread of measles among children in the South Carolina Upstate surpassed some of the worst outbreaks recently, ...

It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they will meet in April to determine if the U.S. has ...

Parents are used to getting the dreaded "lice letter" and clearing their calendars, not just their kids' scalps. So when a ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the state Capitol on Wednesday to promote new federal nutrition ...

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available, a trend ...

After the Trump administration upended childhood vaccine planning, some parents are confused and some are more determined to vaccinate their children.