Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen, says the restoration of physical infrastructure at Mandeville Regional Hospital has been accelerated in response to the health ...

Albumin is the most common protein in the blood, a vital molecule produced by the liver that helps maintain fluid balance and transports proteins and hormones. It also plays a key role in fighting off ...

A major international study has assessed key bacterial targets that could form the basis of a new maternal vaccine to protect newborns from life-threatening infections. The University of Strathclyde ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As predicted, the U.S. is dealing with an intense flu season. Flu cases have skyrocketed in the past few weeks, with the country ...

A mom holds her son’s hand as a nurse injects a dose of the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine at a pop-up clinic at the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Administration Building in Carrollton, ...

With areas of low vaccination rates in the U.S. becoming more common and issues like the overuse of antibiotics, some illnesses once treatable are making a comeback. He stoked ‘deep state’ conspiracy ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Monday announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now recommend that children get vaccinated against 11 communicable diseases, not 17.

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious ...

A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the ...

An experimental GSK drug in development for treating chronic hepatitis B now has results from two pivotal studies showing the therapy brought levels of the virus low enough to allow the immune system ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday a major overhaul of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of routine immunizations recommended for children.