The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced this Wednesday of the state’s first reported Powassan virus infection in 2022, a rare tickborne virus
Former 2019 Miss USA Cheslie Kryst committed suicide Jan. 30 this year, and her mother, April Simpkins, has opened up about Kryst’s secret struggle with high-functioning depression
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that its new estimates show the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 2021 was approximately 14.9 million.
Kim Kardashian received a lot of backlash after touting her 16-pound weight loss in 3 weeks. Health experts cautioned that such rapid weight loss from her reported crash dieting could be detrimental to a person’s health.
The nation's capital is reportedly preparing for another COVID-19 surge. While COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. have fallen substantially since last winter's surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant, infections have recently rebounded in the Northeast.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) restated their recommendation that Americans aged 2 and older wear masks or respirators in indoor areas of public transportation and transportation hubs.
New York City's COVID-19 alert level has been upgraded to "medium." According to the state's health department, citing data as of April 29, there have been more than 200 new cases per 100,000 people in the city over the last seven days.
UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are warning communities about what they say is a "perfect storm" of conditions for measles outbreaks in children. The agencies said that reported worldwide measles cases increased by 79% in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same time period last year.
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield has tested positive for COVID-19. Bedingfield said that "thanks to being fully vaccinated and boosted" she is only experiencing mild symptoms.
The company advertised the device as limiting the need for x-rays to verify location, but the field correction would indicate that those additional steps would in fact remain necessary for operation.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) issued a health alert this Wednesday regarding the first pediatric death in the United States possibly linked to the mysterious pediatric hepatitis outbreak and adenovirus.