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Flu season is here and it is important to stay vigilant amid a spike in cases across the country. Respiratory illnesses are surging across New York and the nation, with RSV leading the charge and hitting young children the hardest. As hospitals grapple with rising cases, new data reveals a…

Deaths from malaria have returned to pre-Covid levels, but the World Health Organization (WHO) says progress remains too slow in fighting a disease that killed 597,000 people last year.

The 31-year-old nurse and mother from New Jersey received the news of stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, weeks after her mammogram cleared her of the disease.

Study suggests rate of disease among young adults is rising for first time and England has one of the fastest increases

American Medical Association finds people in US are sick for an average of 12.4 years, an increase from figure in 2000

If you’ve ever had a doctor order a blood test for you, chances are that they ran a complete blood count, or CBC. One of the most common blood tests in the world, CBC tests are run billions of times each year to diagnose conditions and monitor patients’ health.

Authorities say the mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria

More than one in three cases of disease and injury this year could have been avoided, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare finds

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter gutting depictions of losing a child, and I am reminded that not knowing the emotional cost of widespread child mortality is a luxury.