It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported ...

One man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during a Fourth of July celebration in Hillsborough in the early morning hours of ...

Pediatricians like me are worried that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisers will make it harder for children to get the ...

Weekly cases of whooping cough have hit a record high in Japan. Whooping cough is an infectious bacterial disease ...

Four cases of measles were recently reported in the commonwealth, prompting health officials to discuss the importance of ...

Parents in San Luis Obispo County face challenges concerning child safety, health and well-being. These articles share a ...

"So you want to talk about what's going on with health care now?" Dr. Robert Berke asks. "It's a mess. It's an absolute mess.

For decades, one of the world’s most contagious diseases was considered eradicated in the U.S. But today, measles is roaring ...

More than 6 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's disease, a number predicted to rise as our population ages.

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...