A UNLV-led study found that a gene that causes myotonic dystrophy also causes autism spectrum disorder. It could help with new diagnoses, preventions and treatment of autism.

Funded by local, state, and federal budgets, public health labs perform tests that serve the public interest and may be too ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will ask the CDC to develop new guidance for treating measles with drugs and vitamins. The move comes as Kennedy has faced criticism during this year's record ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton has accused two major toothpaste manufacturers of illegally marketing their products to kids.

The measles vaccine is a combo shot called MMR. Doctors typically give it in two doses -- the first after the child turns one and the second before kindergarten.