Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011.

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...

Claiborne County Schools, Blount County Schools, Union County Schools and more canceled classes. The trend of closures continues across the state. Five school districts were closed in ...

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak ...

Royal Caribbean’s Western Caribbean Cruise promised vacationers the chance to hike Mayan ruins in Mexico and swim in the ...

After doctor’s office visits for flu dipped early this year, they jumped past the previous season peak at the end of last ...

Veteran firefighters who responded to Maui’s 2023 blazes had greater levels of “forever chemicals” in their blood in ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...

Leaders have been told urgently to rank thousands of their employees who are in probationary periods, with as many as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical.

Medicare beneficiaries often pay monthly premiums, copays, annual deductibles and prescription drug costs. But what you may ...