The Fairfax County, Virginia, health department is investigating a tuberculosis outbreak at an area school after three people tested positive for the potentially fatal bacteria, officials said Thursday.
New ads promoting the Covid-19 vaccines are making their debut this week, targeting specific communities that have had a slow uptake of the updated shots.
Hundreds of students missed class Monday at a northern Virginia high school where "a number of students have tested positive for influenza A" and others have symptoms consistent with the flu.
Cosmetics company L'Oréal, along with multiple other parties, is being sued over claims that its chemical hair straightening products put women at an increased risk of uterine cancer.
People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or muscle pain tended to have a greater antibody response following vaccination, according to new research.
Some parents fear that video games might be detrimental to children's well-being, but a new study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health finds that gaming may help with both cognition and impulse control.
Officials at NASA selected a team of 16 scientists and experts who will delve into the mysteries surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena — more popularly known as unidentified flying objects or UFOs. The independent study kicked off Monday.
One in 10 Americans over 65 had dementia, while 22% experienced mild cognitive impairment, the earliest stage of the slow slide into senility, according to a new study conducted between 2016 and 2017.
In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora's office in Chicago with an infection the doctor hadn't expected to see for another two months: RSV.
Six people who tested positive for monkeypox -- two in New York City, two in Chicago, one in Nevada and one in Maryland -- have died, local health departments have confirmed.
Pasta comes in all sorts of shapes, sizes and sauces. But the first step to cooking pasta has typically been a simple, tried-and-true process: Drop the main ingredient into a pot of boiling salted water.