Healthbeat reports over 74,000 U.S. adults over 50 sought measles immunity tests amid recent outbreaks, driven by increased public awareness and concern.
Disproportionate rates of preeclampsia – a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication – in immigrant populations reflect the physical toll of social and economic insecurities.
Menopausal hormone therapy no longer has the highest-level warning label about the risk of breast cancer, opening a gray area on who would benefit most from treatment.
"It remains dormant in nerve tissues for years or even decades until it is reactivated."
While cholera launched modern epidemiology and has nearly disappeared in many countries, the disease never went away. It has instead retreated to the places least equipped to fight it.
Explosive diarrhea has been spreading across the US, and the parasite that causes the disease has already sickened thousands – and counting.
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is providing an important update on the ongoing national outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a gastroin…
Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) has introduced a bill that she says will protect the health of babies and mothers by increasing access to vaccinations.
Tompkins Baptist Church in Grove Hill will host a cancer awareness and community health on March 19.
Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) is urging support for the Vaughan Regional Medical Center (VRMC) in Selma after what she said was at risk of having …