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Josue Zurita  Hurricane Harvey just died in Galveston ,‪ Texas‬ of flesh-eating bacteria . He moved to the United States 12 years ago wh...

The issue of waning protection is expected to be discussed when the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets in Atlanta. The two...

he CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will discuss how to add Shingrix, which was approved late Friday by the Food and...

A boil water advisory was issued about 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, for the following Oakland County communities: Commerce Township Farming...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted a successful 11-hour surgery to separate conjoined NC twins Since then, Erin and Abby have b...

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said the Food and Drug Administration approved it late Friday. It will be the second shingles vaccine in the Uni...

What is ZOSTAVAX ? ZOSTAVAX is a vaccine that is used for adults 50 years of age or older to prevent shingles (also known as zoster)...

An ex-inmate at the Pittsburg County Jail in Oklahoma filed a $5-million lawsuit over claims of negligence during his time at the facility...

The Americans now got really fat, really fast. The obesity rate tripled, and with it came a tsunami of type 2 diabetes. The dual epidemics...

The health department announced the discovery of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in the 78746 zip code last Thursday. No cases of West...

A researcher from the University of Arizona wants to develop a therapy that can momentarily halt the effects of a rattlesnake bite. Dr...

Bellevue City Council voted to permanently ban safe injection sites for illegal drugs . This past summer, the council had enacted an i...

It’s a victory for advocates of safe-injection sites, who want to open facilities in the county where drug users could inject under medica...

The obesity epidemic in the United States is getting worse, new federal data show. As of 2015-2016, about four in 10 U.S. adults were ...