Health officials have confirmed the first case of severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu.

A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.

The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency is urging the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.

Health officials are confirming bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.

U.S. health officials say whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year.

A Minnesota resident who came into contact with a bat in July died of rabies.

A scientific panel is calling for a public health approach to marijuana that’s a big departure from “Just Say No.” The report was released Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off,” stand-alone illness.

The U.S. will pay for flu shots for farmworkers to try to prevent bird flu from getting worse.

U.S. health officials have announced a recall of some Boar's Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak.

At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters.

President Joe Biden did not wear a face mask in public a couple of times after the White House announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.

Colorado health officials have confirmed a human case of the plague.

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has activated its mosquito-borne disease response plan and intensified mosquito control operations in Key Largo and Upper Matecumbe Key, the organization announced Monday.

With temperatures rising across the country and school out for the summer, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool.

Researchers say doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use.

U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records.

Miami-Dade County is looking to get a handle on mosquitoes amid recent rounds of wet weather during the peak mosquito season.

If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold.

U.S. health officials now recommend that some people consider taking an antibiotic as a morning-after pill to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases.

Reports of a rare nervous system disorder are “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines.

At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E.

Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles.

The U.S. flu season appears to be over.

U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning.

U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.

With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group is now recommending that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection.

Federal health officials say that new U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022.

U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in illnesses caused by a bacteria that can cause meningitis and possible death.

The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023.

The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.

U.S. health officials say Americans with COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days.

Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S. Nationwide, about 12% of most recent norovirus tests sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were positive.

Data from the Florida Department of Health showed the total number of measles cases in Broward County now stands at eight as of last weekend.

A case of measles has been reported at a Broward County elementary school, officials confirmed Friday.

U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source.

U.S. health officials say at least seven states are seeing high levels of the flu and that cases are rising in other parts of the country.

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic."

Just one new case of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an indication the spread of the disease has been curbed following chlorine disinfection of the water system.

Poland's health authorities say the death toll from Legionnaires' disease has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeast region close to the border with Ukraine.

Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E.

Poland's internal security officers are searching for the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease which has killed seven people and infected more than 100 in a strategic city near the border with Ukraine.

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever.

Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in seven Americans are living with end-stage renal disease, with 80% being over 65 years old.

U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the No. 4 cause.

New data details the nation’s worsening tide of sexually transmitted infections, but health officials are hoping an old drug will help the fight.

U.S. officials are reporting two more deaths and additional cases of blindness linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria.

U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it.

A study finds long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer can be a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently warned the agency is monitoring the spread of antibiotic-resistant threats including one that men who have sex with men are at high risk for.

The House has voted unanimously to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19.

Federal health advisers have narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV.

U.S. health officials say a food poisoning outbreak tied to deli meat and cheese has sickened 16 people in six states, including one who died.

The European Commission has authorized the world’s first one-dose drug against a respiratory virus that sickens millions of babies and children globally every year.

Scientists say an invasive mosquito species was likely responsible for a large outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia earlier this year.

If mosquitoes love you, new research suggests it may be because of how you smell.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed in an effort to reduce salmonella illnesses from food contamination.

Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.

The new chief at the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco center has inherited a raft of problems.

A study of U.S. children with sickle cell disease found fewer than half get a needed screening for stroke, a common complication.

The White House says the New boosters intended to provide better protection, are now available at local pharmacies.

Miami-Dade County is offering additional Jynneos Monkeypox vaccine appointment slots for eligible, high-risk residents.

The City of Miami Beach will offer free flu shots for Miami Beach youth residents at Miami Beach Public Schools from Tuesday, September 13 through Thursday, September 15.

The fast-food chain Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill.

1.8 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine are being released cross-country and will arrive as early as Monday.

The head of Africa’s public health agency says he’s “really pleased” that the World Health Organization is renaming the strains of the monkeypox disease to remove references to African regions to reduce concerns of stigmatization.

The head of the nation’s top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.

Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.

The nation’s top public health agency is relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines and dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.

Africa’s public health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people still does not have a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine, but “very advanced discussions” are underway with at least two partners.

Africa’s public health agency says it doesn’t know how many of the continent’s reported monkeypox cases this year are in men who have sex with men.

The European Medicines Agency says the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox as an outbreak of the once-rare disease sickens people across Europe.

U.S. health officials say more than 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine are on the way to states in the next few days.

People with mental illness find a place to get help in a recovery-through-work program.

Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are looking into a new listeria outbreak that has a link to Florida, according to a news release from the public health agency Thursday.

A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates.

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.

British officials said the monkeypox outbreak U.K. is continuing to grow across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or other men who have sex with men.

There is now a second COVID-19 option for kids ages 6 to 17 in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced it is recommending Moderna shots as an option for school-age kids and teens.

The Biden administration has started shipping testing kits for monkeypox to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnostic tests for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending tests to commercial labs, including Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and Sonic Healthcare, which it said would significant expand the nation’s health system’s capacity to...

British health officials will start offering vaccines to men who are gay or bisexual or have sex with men, who are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved Moderna and Pfizer COVID vaccines for children as young as 6 months old.

British health officials have reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country, for a total of 574 cases.

U.S. regulators have authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers.

The World Health Organization is creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa.

The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee to determine if the monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread beyond Africa warrants being declared a global health emergency.

British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease.

The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow.

British health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country.

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights.

British health officials have reported another 73 cases of monkeypox.

Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the United States That raises the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time.

Nigeria has recorded its first death from monkeypox in 2022 while Congo has confirmed nine deaths and 465 cases this year.

The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic.

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide.

The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news.

Israeli authorities say they have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases.