It's helpful to know that only infectious conjunctivitis (meaning pink eye caused by viruses or bacteria) is contagious.

Capnocytophaga infections in humans are rare, especially in historically healthy individuals, but when it occurs, the disease can be deadly.

Vaccination rates for shots that prevent diseases like polio, measles and others have fallen dramatically for some of the ...

After birds across Massachusetts died from the bird flu this week, state officials from MassWildlife have asked the public to monitor deaths for the animals. The information is being collected through ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is unacceptably high.

If lawmakers approve Gov. Kristi Noem's proposal to cut the state tobacco prevention fund, anti-tobacco advocates said more ...

More than 1 million children and their families will be targeted in a major Mpox prevention campaign in Sierra Leone launched by Save the Children after the West African country recorded its first ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered federal health agencies like the FDA and CDC to pause external communications, ...