The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, in partnership with the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University, has released a comprehensive guide to support the ...

The United States surpassed a milestone in reported measles cases, with 2025 now having the most cases since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 and the most cases in more than ...

: 1 in 4 infants live in fragile or conflict-affected countries, but these countries account for half of all zero-dose children. So where do we go from here? Now that global immunization coverage has ...

Why is there fluoride in the U.S. water supply? What are the benefits? In the first part of the 20th century, dental caries [dental decay and cavities] were very prevalent, costly conditions that ...

Methadone is proven to reduce the likelihood of dying from an overdose by 50% or more. Why is it so hard to get?

Narrower streets with room for bike lanes and sidewalks could pay dividends for health and safety.

Outbreaks of H5N1 continue to rise in dairy cattle and poultry, as well as in other wild and domesticated animals, including the first confirmed infection in a pig. Human cases also continue to occur, ...

Researchers say waste adds to other problems threatening global seafood resources such as overfishing, pollution and climate change As much as 47 percent of the edible U.S. seafood supply is lost each ...

to determine the fall 2024 COVID vaccine from mid-May to early June. That gives them more time to see which of the FLiRT variants is becoming the dominant one so they can fine-tune the WHO ...

A new study has found that older adults at greater risk of dementia may be able to decrease their risk of cognitive decline by nearly half by using hearing aids.

The antiviral Paxlovid is very effective at preventing severe outcomes from COVID infection, but not enough people are taking it.

Hundreds of medications are in shortage in the U.S., but a lack of chemotherapy drugs has left clinicians facing new hurdles in their patients’ cancer treatment.