Los Angeles County public health officials confirmed a record number of 2,232 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday. On Friday, the county reported 15 children had a potentially fatal inflammatory condition.
U.S. health officials are cracking down on fruity disposable electronic cigarettes popular with teenagers, saying the companies never received permission to sell them in the U.S.
After mosquitoes recently tested positive for West Nile Virus near Austin, Texas, one public health professional was concerned that the medical community would overlook the illness amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Michael Saag spends much of his time treating patients fighting for their lives and working with colleagues who are overwhelmed and exhausted by the relentless battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday reissued an emergency use authorization to Quest Diagnostics to authorize a coronavirus test with pooled samples.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced it will distribute $10 billion in a second round of COVID-19 high impact area funding to hospitals starting next week.
A 24-year-old Texas woman was recently discharged from the hospital after spending nearly 80 days fighting for her life after contracting the novel coronavirus.
A Florida woman reportedly died of COVID-19 after being sent home from the hospital without having received a test for the novel coronavirus despite showing signs of the illness, her family claims.
World Health Organization (WHO) officials raised concern on Thursday over the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid critical funding gaps.
Schools should prioritize full-time in-person instruction this fall for children in K-5 and those with special needs, according to a report from a national panel of experts.