Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring reports of a spike in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. HMPV, which was discovered in 2001, is common but underdiagnosed...

Ricki Lake, 56, says she lost 40 pounds without any help from Ozempic. In an interview with Us Weekly published over the weekend, the “Hairspray” star spoke about the fitness...

A 3-year-old boy who died Monday was the fourth person to succumb to injuries from a massive explosion of fireworks on New Year’s Eve at a Honolulu home, and a...

Norovirus, commonly called the stomach flu or the 24-hour bug, is on the rise across the US this winter. And Norovirus outbreaks — which are most common from November to...

The United States has recorded its first death from bird flu after a 65-year-old patient who was hospitalised on December 18 passed away. The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced...

NEW YORK — Two pharmaceutical companies based in India were charged Monday with smuggling chemicals used in the production of the deadly drug fentanyl, federal prosecutors in New York announced....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal, part of an effort to...

WASHINGTON — Makers of medical devices that in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their products work for patients of color, under a new federal...

Five years after COVID-19 began spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan, cases of human metapneumovirus, which also causes respiratory infections, have risen in the country, particularly among children. Between...

As U.S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving , leaving room for . Now, a medical...