Health

There are fears that vaccinating could allow the virus to linger undetected in flocks and mutate in ways that could make it more of a threat to humans.

New York’s first case of measles outside of New York City this year has been confirmed, according to the state Department of Health. The patient is reported to be less than five years old and a resident of Suffolk County on Long Island, health officials say. “Our epidemiology and vaccine experts at the State Health Department and the St...

Think sugary cereals, frozen pizzas, chips, soda and ice cream tied to high rates of obesity and other disease.

Measles isn’t just a rash and a fever. The disease outbreak in West Texas that continues to grow has sent 29 people, most of them small children, to the hospital. Two people have died, including a 6-year-old child.  It’s not yet known how many people have gotten sick in the outbreak — there are at least 223 confirmed cases, but ...

A third state is now part of the growing measles outbreak in the U.S.

The retired NBA pro, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer at age 41, wants to give hope to others undergoing health challenges.

Lalit Patidar, 18, has a medical condition that makes him stand out. But now, he has the Guinness World Record for having the hairiest face.

In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatments for measles.

The government’s free at-home COVID-19 test distribution program is no longer accepting orders, its website says. Here’s how to get tests in the meantime.

CVS is set to open new kind of pharmacy stores within the next year for parts of U.S.

“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Teddi Mellencamp clapped back at critics of her decision to go horseback riding amid her battle with cancer.

Health authorities are calling attention to a looming consequence of the Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development: the risk of a global surge in tuberculosis cases and deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is initiating expanded research into understanding autism and potential links between vaccines and autism, a source familiar with the CDC’s planning said, NBC News reported.