"SNAP is a great way to help low-income people get food, but its big flaw is that it also pays for junk foods," writes a ...

New Jersey residents are at a greater risk for measles now that the state no longer has herd immunity. Public health experts ...

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Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal ...

FDA-approved Korean Botox alternative, at home—prompting health experts to warn of serious risks like facial paralysis and ...

A recent study by researchers at Northwestern Medicine takes a closer look at how marijuana might affect our DNA. While ...

Seventeen public health emergency operations center staff members from seven West African countries have graduated from a two-week training program designed to enhance their skills in managing public ...

In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of the vaccine's ...

The campaign focuses on two primary objectives: preventing impaired boating and ensuring overall water safety.

Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large, smoldering outbreak that was kindled in an under-vaccinated pocket of West ...

The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.