Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators when they pressed her on whether she would protect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from political meddling.

A parasite that causes extreme diarrhea, seen in recent outbreaks across the country, has been documented in over 20 counties in Florida. But experts say there could be more cases than what has been reported.

Ebola cases in Congo have reached 2,011, with 754 deaths, according to government data.

Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing.

One of the eateries — a Chinese restaurant in Orlando — suffered its fourth closure this year, according to state records.

British brothers Jordan and Cian Adams ran 33 marathons in 33 days on their mission to raise awareness of frontotemporal dementia or FTD.

The Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak.

A US citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as the Central African country struggles to contain the swelling outbreak.

Fermented foods are trending, but experts say they are not all the same.

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma.

Health experts advise washing hands and produce amid a significant outbreak of a parasitic infection in Michigan, affecting more than 1,500 people.

The parents of a Bucknell University football player who died after collapsing during the first day of training camp in 2024 say they appreciate that the Pennsylvania attorney general has brought criminal charges against the strength and conditioning coach who oversaw the session.

When it comes to losing weight, it turns out the simple math of counting calories doesn’t always add up.

New federal data reveals the first 50-state look at a steep drop in Affordable Care Act enrollment after enhanced subsidies expired in January.

Heavy rain and flooding are breaking a heat wave that gripped New York City and much of the Northeast last week.

An AI program in the state of Utah has sparked a vigorous debate about the role of the technology in health care.

Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.

Authorities report that at least 500 people have died from over 1,500 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fifth year, a group of Ukrainian amateur climbers is trying to build something new: a climbing culture inspired by the sense of community surrounding California’s Yosemite National Park.

A microscopic parasite making waves across the country has now been identified in Florida, according to the CDC.

Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend.

Irisleydis Tristá, a cancer patient in Cuba, has been unable to get a crucial CT scan for seven months because the machine at Havana’s leading hospital is broken.

Some of us have been told it's more energy-efficient and cost-effective to turn off our air conditioning when we leave home for work.

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from marking up discounted drugs for Medicare patients.

Researchers are beginning a highly anticipated study of two possible treatments for the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage.

Former NFL star Chris Johnson is bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of ALS as he fights the fatal nervous system disease.

West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start since 2004.

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.