February, I decided to leave a job I had loved as a science writer at the NIH, in large part because it seemed as if I would ...

Measles is a disease that should be a relic of the past with vaccination. But now a child is dead from a disease that is ...

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.

President Trump issued Executive Order 14151, which removed any words referencing gender, diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria occurring naturally in freshwater environments and complex air conditioning cooling systems.

Slashing tuberculosis aid could endanger millions of lives abroad, health authorities say, with potential consequences for ...

The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination because ...

Unlike President Trump's picks to lead other health agencies who established their conservative bona fides during the ...

Expert doctors in infectious disease and lung health speak to the transmissibility of walking pneumonia and more infection ...

What is digital medicine? There is some precedent for what might be called digital medicine — software and app-based interventions that aim to treat mental health-related symptoms. For instance, a San ...

The executive order most directly affecting gender-affirming care is the one that directly attempts to shut down ...

A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial ...