We increasingly hear pleas from those who are suffering agonizing pain not only about pain management but also about ways to end their lives.

February, I decided to leave a job I had loved as a science writer at the NIH, in large part because it seemed as if I would ...

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria occurring naturally in freshwater environments and complex air conditioning cooling systems.

In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health. Beginning with the removal of websites and key ...

President Trump issued Executive Order 14151, which removed any words referencing gender, diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial ...

Measles is a disease that should be a relic of the past with vaccination. But now a child is dead from a disease that is ...

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.