The differences between women and men in relation to Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk are astounding," says Dr ...

The CDC emphasizes the importance of protection against mosquito bites, especially for those planning to travel to affected regions.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how ...

STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump ...

House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is quite simple, according to Prianka Chawla, MD, Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center: Keep your distance from people who are sick. But because of ...

When measles began spreading earlier this year in northwest Texas, it didn't take long for the state to reach 50 cases for ...

Known as “brain attacks,” people can also suffer a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or “mini strokes.” These short blockages of blood flow to the brain typically last for no more than five-minutes, but ...

If you think you might be having a stroke, you should act "FAST," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests.

At least two listeria cases in the Baltimore area have been tied to ice cream. Learn how to prevent infection, spot symptoms ...