The United States is facing one of the largest recorded outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health officials and ...

In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Ozempic, the blockbuster GLP-1 drug that was originally approved to treat type 2 diabetes, has now also been approved by the ...

“People's phones are out when urinating and defecating, exposing the phones to bacteria,” says Dr. Suraj Saggar, chief of ...

A new study by the Journal of The American College of Cardiology found that heart disease is increasingly claiming the lives ...

The U.S. is seeing a "quad-demic" as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and norovirus spread at the same time. Experts said this is ...

A new report published Monday found that heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States.

In early January it was revealed that Walmart's washed and ready-to-eat 12 oz. Marketside Broccoli Florets were voluntarily ...

Four viruses are circulating in the U.S., sparking concerns of a possible “quademic." Here's what to know about risk factors ...

Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States and such activity "is expected to continue for several ...

The Trump administration ordered an immediate pause on public communications from federal health agencies like the CDC, FDA, and NIH. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it ...