During the first year of the pandemic, the number of Americans felled by gun violence reached a level not seen since 1994, a new government report shows. From 2019 to 2020, the rate of murders involving guns...

Evidence of quality control problems was hidden by a company contracted by the U.S. government to produce hundreds of millions of COVID vaccine doses, a new House committee report shows. It noted that Emergent BioSolutions didn’t disclose...

Certain lifestyle factors can sway the risk of dementia, and a new study points to the top threats to Americans these days: obesity, physical inactivity and lack of a high school diploma. Researchers found that in just...

Today’s H1N1 flu — commonly known as the swine flu — appears to be a direct descendent of the influenza virus that caused the catastrophic 1918 pandemic, a new analysis shows. Genetic data drawn from 1918 flu...

TUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — To celebrate her 50th birthday, Victoria Shepherd was pulling out all the stops. She was in her 30th year as a freelance director in Toronto, so the party...

In April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new center to better forecast infectious disease outbreaks. It also underwent a month-long review to examine their current systems and inform future strategies. Together, these...

“Fill your plate up with colorful fruits and veggies for heart health.” Such customized reminder texts may help folks who have had one heart attack avoid a second one, according to a new study out of Australia....

Rare cases of COVID patients relapsing after taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid are raising questions among some experts. An earlier study of 1,000 adults showed that Paxlovid was highly effective at preventing severe COVID and the U.S....

Exposure to potentially harmful chemicals is on the rise among pregnant women in the United States, a new study warns. “This is the first time we’ve been able to measure the amounts of chemicals in such a...

After sweeping review, CDC looks to rebuild public trust. Recent shakeups paint a picture of an agency at a crossroads in the wake of enormous public scrutiny during the pandemic. Two experts — one a former agency...