Recent studies by the CDC are beginning quantify the true burden of Lyme Disease in the U.S. The discrepancy between the ...

The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every ...

Can there ever be scientific certainty during a pandemic caused by a novel infectious disease? Ann C. Keller, associate ...

Skyrocketing rates of autism have led some to implicate childhood vaccines, though research has consistently cleared the ...

I was able to quit alcohol and I don’t do opiates anymore, but I do take quite a bit of kratom now and I am addicted to ...

The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on ...

Brownstein and his team noted that women and adults aged 66 to 75 saw the largest decreases in obesity. People living in the ...

As cases of Lyme disease seem to have risen dramatically in some states, these are the places where residents are most at risk.

Michigan is seeing its highest number of pertussis infections in a decade. As of Dec. 8, the state health department reported ...

Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying or contributing cause of death for 166 Californians last year, more than double the number a decade ago.