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Tick bites are on the rise in the U.S. with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that the majority of cases typically occur in the warmer months.

A person in eastern Maine has died from a rare virus spread by an infected tick.

Officials said that the Department of Justice is filing an appeal aiming to overturn a federal judge's ruling that struck down the federal mask mandate on public transportation.

As tick season kicks into gear, it’s a good idea to know about a potentially life-threatening food allergy called alpha-gal syndrome that may occur after certain tick bites – especially the lone star tick

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that a new omicron subvariant is quickly spreading in the U.S.

Doctors across the country are now seeing more patients who chose to avoid hospitals during the pandemic, causing a patient backlog -- and those who do come in have more serious health issues.

An investigation is underway after 100 former students of a New Jersey high school have been diagnosed with brain tumors

The CDC launched its Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics Tuesday as a means of improving national response to future health outbreaks.

Individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 who were diagnosed with certain psychiatric disorders were more at risk for getting COVID-19, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

Mysterious liver disease found in children in the U.S. and Europe could be linked to a virus generally associated with colds.

Drinking water to maintain a healthy sodium level in the bloodstream may reduce your risk of heart failure, a chronic condition where the heart has difficulty pumping blood to match the body’s needs, according to a recent paper published in the European Heart Journal.

COVID-19 vaccine technology doesn’t just fight viruses – it can combat cancer.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for schoolchildren will not happen until at least the summer of next year.

As sub-variants of omicron continue to spread in the U.S. and abroad, infections are rising in East Coast states and cities.

A new law allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate e-cigarettes and other products that use synthetic nicotine.

Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday that they would ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a booster dose of their coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in healthy kids ages 5 to 11.

World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hit the global community Wednesday for its focus on the war in Ukraine, questioning "if the world really gives equal attention to Black and White lives."

A newly published report from the CDC reveals sexually-transmitted disease cases rose during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs.

2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history.