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 ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. requests new guidance from the CDC on measles treatments, including using drugs and vitamins rather ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to explore new treatments for measles.

Advocates say the World Trade Center Health Program's top doctor hasn’t returned. Congress members on May 1 said the issue ...

President Donald Trump has nominated microbiologist Susan Monarez to be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

The recent emergence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus infections in dairy cows and humans in the U.S. has raised alarms regarding the potential for a pandemic,” they wrote. The virus ...

Has your child ever come down with a sudden bout of stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhoea? Childhood stomach bugs are common, ...

With two confirmed measles cases in Travis County and a large outbreak in West Texas, do you need a measles booster? Here's ...

Public health experts are worried by the proposed cuts to naloxone programs. One called the overdose antidote a “silver ...

Medetomidine, which is used to sedate pets and is somewhat similar to xylazine, was first detected in illegally manufactured ...

Louisiana is one vote away from banning fluoride in public water. Dentists warn it could lead to more cavities, especially in ...