Chances are, you may know a family living with food allergies. Food allergies are more prevalent than many realize, ...

If you’re of a certain generation, you’re likely to have clear memories of weekly dosings with cod liver oil (or castor oil, if you were particularly unlucky), a practice that was ostensibly a worm ...

As pollution levels are high, health experts are warning people to stay alert for early signs of pneumonia, a serious lung infection that can become life-threatening if left untreated. Common symptoms ...

Amazon One Medical introduced a pay-per-visit telehealth service for common pediatric conditions like pink eye, skin rashes ...

Cheryl Hines, wife of Health and Human Services department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., clashed with the hosts of The ...

With stories that lean into the more human elements of horror rather than the thrills, chills, and terror, there are series ...

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

In a bizarre medical case published in 1984, a young boy was inadvertently exposed to an STI-causing bacteria in a lab dish.

New Yorkers who have traveled to South America, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic may have visited areas where a parasite could cause a New World screwworm infestation, according to health ...

DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

Sudden cuts to U.S. global health aid this year have hit Atlanta-based international nonprofits hard, spurring layoffs of close to 1,000 workers, and imperiling their mission to help millions of ...