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

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

Morocco has halted imports of feed grains from Germany following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the head of Morocco's ...

In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

If you come out unequivocally — ‘vaccines are safe, it does not cause autism’ that would have an incredible impact,” Sen.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

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Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in ...

Several years ago, a little-known drug named Ozempic — previously used only to treat diabetes — emerged as a promising new ...

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