A Ugandan health official says a nurse died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs. But there are good reasons to take these symptoms seriously, as they can ...

The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a ...

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the ...

Hawaiʻi lawmakers are considering regulating kratom and banning sales to minors. But kava advocates want an outright ban.

The World Health Organization said on Thursday that over 2,000 people have been wounded by fighting in and around Congo's ...

A Pew Research survey reveals that opinions on U.S. membership in the World Health Organization are split. As of April 2024, ...

Too few leaders have learned the critical lesson that international cooperation is essential to pandemic prevention, ...

I am a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. I am writing to express my outrage at President Donald Trump’s focus on mass deportations of immigrants, closing of the southern border and use ...