It’s the Holy Grail for containing the spread of coronavirus, but contact tracing only works if it is done quickly, researchers report. The modeling study showed that even if all contacts are successfully traced, a delay of...

Irene Johnson noticed a big, blue bus bearing the words “Breathe Easy” outside the Benton, Tenn., library during the 2019 Labor Day weekend. Inside, a librarian told Johnson that the bus was a mobile CT unit that...

The rate of second strokes among Mexican Americans has declined steeply since the turn of the century, a new study finds. Between 2000 and 2013, the rate of recurrent stroke fell faster in Mexican Americans than in...

As the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 3.5 million on Wednesday, more states, cities and major retailers turned to face mask mandates to try to stem the spread of COVID-19. Increasingly seen as a last hope...

Record Number of Overdose Deaths in U.S. Last Year Younger Children Should Attend School When Possible: Expert Committee U.S. Must Spend $75 Billion to Improve COVID-19 Testing, Report Says Coronavirus Vaccine Initiative May Favor Rich Countries Childhood Vaccinations Decline During Coronavirus...

Even as new coronavirus infections soar in the United States, a new study offers one piece of good news: Severely ill COVID-19 patients are significantly more likely to survive now compared to a few months ago. In...

It has been the sole silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic — cleaner air and water on the planet. But will it continue? A new study says that isn’t yet clear. “The pandemic raises two important questions...

(HealthDay News) As 64,000 new U.S. coronavirus cases were reported Tuesday and states struggled to control the spread of the virus, the Trump Administration stripped the country’s leading public health agency of the ability to collect hospitalization...

CDC Will No Longer Receive Hospitals' COVID-19 Data Baby May Have Been Infected With Coronavirus During Pregnancy: Study CDC Has "Toxic Culture" of Racism, Employees Say Squirrel With Bubonic Plague Found in Colorado Town Most U.S. Parents Think Reopening Schools is...

The world’s population is shifting, with a new analysis predicting it will peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion people and fall to 8.8 billion by the end of the century. The United States will have population...