President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is an non-native species of mosquito that is known for aggressive biting during the day and can ...

Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to a sweeping new study. The findings have ...

The malaria parasite may be gaining resistance against artemisinin, the drug most often used to try and save children with ...

Trump has promised he would allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to "go wild" on medicines, food, and health. With that, a radical antiestablishment medical movement with roots in past centuries could threaten ...

Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF proves its effectiveness in quickly diagnosing almost any kind ...

Citrus greening, a silent killer sweeping through the United States’ groves for decades, is a threat to more than just your morning OJ.

Scientists have detected resistance to artemisinin, a key malaria drug, for the first time among children in Africa with ...