Dr. Dowdle, a microbiologist who became the No. 2 official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helped lead the ...

Measles infections hit 11 million worldwide last year and a 33-year high in the U.S., with low vaccination rates fueling ...

A once-obscure medical dye called methylene blue is trending as a so-called “limitless pill,” boosted by celebrity anecdotes, ...

High physical activity in midlife and late life is linked with a significantly lower risk for dementia, a new study has found ...

There was a distinct lack of federally coordinated action on AIDS for several key years right at the beginning of the ...

Americans are living through what researchers call a friendship recession, spending less time with friends than in recent ...

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Concerted, politicised assaults on scientific knowledge are intensifying. In the USA, the Trump administration is using the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education policy to ...

Measles cases are surging as deaths from the disease go down globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Modelled estimates show that the annual number of measles cases decreased ...

As measles cases continue to rise around the globe, the World Health Organization warns it's a signal that other disease ...

Factory farming is a troubling system that produces high quantities of meat at a low cost, often causing profound animal ...

A major review across 73 countries finds that access to antiseizure medications is rising, but safe prescribing isn’t keeping pace. Valproate—linked to serious birth defects—remains widely used in ...