Pakistani authorities issued a warning on Monday to pregnant women and elderly about the dangers posed by a sweltering heatwave sweeping the country, with temperatures soaring as high as 53 degrees ...

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a standardised system that measures and reports daily air pollution levels. It tells you how clean or polluted the current air is. Major components of the AQI index are ...

Susan Voss has been a pediatrician in Jefferson City for 24 years. For decades, she's hoped for a solution to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). RSV causes symptoms like the common cold. For most ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As U.S. health officials investigate a fatal outbreak of listeria food poisoning, they’re advising people who are pregnant, elderly or have compromised immune systems to avoid eating ...

This year's influenza (flu) advisory was issued about two months earlier than last year, and the disease control authorities urged people to get vaccinated promptly. In particular, the agency urged ...

The NHS has encouraged eligible people to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV infections can be dangerous to children and older people, leading to severe lung infections ...

FILE - This 2002 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium, responsible for the food borne illness listeriosis ...

A nurse practitioner came to the rescue at a terrifying scene when a wrong-way driver plunged off a Thruway bridge. Eyewitnesses said a woman wearing hospital scrubs provided medical attention to an ...

NEW YORK — A listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats has killed two people and sickened 28 others across 12 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is currently ...

As nursing home aide Tyreese Byers’ four children worry about her heading off to work each morning, their pregnant mom stresses over their unborn sibling. The nurse’s assistant, now three months ...