A new study carried out by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) confirms the critical role international health ...

That whole meeting was a travesty,” says Fiona Havers, a physician and epidemiologist. After the ACIP firings, Havers ...

The U.S. is about to break a record for the number of reported measles cases in a year since the infection was considered ...

The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...

A spa in Massachusetts is being investigated after 18 customers reported botulism symptoms after getting injections there.

The government’s top vaccine official, working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., restricted the approval of two ...

Officials have closed off swimming at beaches in at least six states due to high bacteria levels. Here's where those closures are.

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The estimated mean annual number of hypertension deaths from excessive alcohol use was higher in 2020–2021 than in 2016–2017, ...

Healthbeat reports extreme heat is rising in the U.S., posing health risks, especially for vulnerable populations. Stay safe ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) upgraded a blueberry recall this week to the highest risk level amid concerns of ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...