But benzathine penicillin G is the only product that’s approved and recommended to treat the sexually transmitted infection syphilis during pregnancy. If the infection is caught early, a single ...

Tick bite cases are currently on the rise, with this summer showing the highest number of emergency room visits for ticks ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department said this week that a recent possible measles exposure has been “resolved” and no case of the disease was confirmed. The Health Department reported that on July 9 ...

Measles cases in the U.S. have risen to the worst in 33 years, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...

Decades of research show the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is safe in vaccines, but CDC's new advisory panel is ...

Thousands of health workers lost their jobs this week after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump ...

The U.S. grapples with its largest measles outbreak in over 30 years, putting its disease elimination status at risk if virus spread continues unchecked.

Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their states’ measles outbreaks are over, pointing to a continuing slowdown of measles spread in the U.S. during vaccine-preventable ...

Vinay Prasad overruled other reviewers for a third time in recent months in clearing only narrow use of Moderna's vaccine in ...

Threats to $140 million in funds for public health departments battling fentanyl overdoses comes as some experts see the ...

Diabetes continues to take a toll on Black men. Here are five things every Black man should do to cut his diabetes risk.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two top leaders at the department, chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson, ...