Health

This year, the incidence of dengue fever globally has been the highest on record, as nations report increasingly hot temperatures — ideal for mosquitoes that spread dengue to hatch.

Poison ivy poses a serious problem for many who come into contact with it. What you should and shouldn’t do.

Infections are most likely rising in at least 39 states, driven in part by a trio of new variants.

In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows.

Researchers at the American Diabetes Association conference in Orlando are expected to present data on 27 GLP-1 drugs in development. Others target a different hormone.

You’re getting up there in years. Maybe you haven’t thought about going to the gym and taking up weight-resistance training.

Eight employers who challenged some federal health insurance requirements cannot be forced to provide no-cost coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prep and some kinds of cancer screenings, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Friday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says the first question he is going to ask Novo Nordisk’s CEO at a Senate committee hearing in September is why the drugmaker charges up to 10 or 15 times more for Ozempic and Wegovy in the U.S., compared to other countries.

Supplements aren’t well regulated, experts say. And, at worst, they can be dangerous.

Climate change is expanding the reach of insect-borne diseases. Las Vegas’ exploding mosquito population offers a case study of what’s to come.

Nate Robinson, who was diagnosed with kidney disease 18 years ago, said he knows he will die if he doesn’t find a kidney donor soon.

Government officials say Dollar Tree stores failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to illness in more than 500 U.S. children.

New research may change how doctors talk with kids and their parents about hypertension.