The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.

Sickle cell disease treatment progress has improved over the years, but recent federal cuts threaten the health of those who suffer from the blood ailment.

The highest counts of STDs are currently found in the South, with Louisiana and Mississippi reporting the highest rates at ...

Cuts to food assistance and health care through the recently signed federal tax cut and sending bill may jeopardize Maine’s ...

A salmonella outbreak linked to Deep brand frozen sprouted beans has sickened 11 people in 10 states, prompting a nationwide ...

DeKalb County has the highest rate of tuberculosis cases in Georgia. Next week, it’s opening a new clinic to help test for the disease and treat it.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. the Food and Drug Administration are investigating a Salmonella outbreak in several states linked to recalled frozen sprouted beans.

A new federal estimate shows a rise in prediabetes among American adolescents, a finding that is spurring concerns about the health of U.S. children — and the way Trump administration health officials ...

ATLANTA — More people have contracted measles in the US so far this year than in any year in the last three decades. New data ...

She holds a doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the University of Wisconsin, and a postdoctoral researcher at ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Demolition began Monday for the Atlanta Medical Center (AMC), which began operations in 1901 as a small infirmary in a rental house.