For generations, community water fluoridation has helped Marylanders enjoy better oral health, writes Celeste Ziara.

The United States could safely drop tetanus and diphtheria booster shots for adults and save an estimated $1 billion a year, ...

HHS faces other legal challenges over its workforce cuts. A class-action lawsuit in the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia claims the department relied on “hopelessly error-ridden” data when it ...

Bed bugs are hard to see, but they pack a punch when they bite, leaving behind small, itchy marks. They are not known to spread diseases to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

On Monday, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced the seventh case of measles in the state.

COVID-19 is rising again in California, driven by new variants like “Nimbus,” amid a nationwide summer wave. Despite “low” overall activity, wastewater data and ER visits indicate a growing trend.

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to know.

“Appropriate people at higher risk should be vaccinated, and this will not only benefit the vaccinated person, but will ...

Infections of COVID-19 are growing or likely growing in half of the U.S. as of July 8, according to CDC estimates.

In last week’s Supreme Court ruling, the justices allowed federal agencies to proceed with their reduction-in-force, or RIF, plans, putting on hold a lower court order that had temporarily blocked ...

Obesity-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have tripled in just two decades, with women, older adults, and minority groups ...

C ALIFORNIA — Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in visits for treatment of tick bites and tick-borne illnesses, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, according to new data from ...