California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration.

The CDC describes rat lungworm as a parasite found in rats, whose larvae are shed in rat feces and then taken up by snails ...

Data: CDC; Note: Late care is defined as beginning in the third trimester; Map: Axios Visuals Fewer pregnant Americans are getting prenatal care in the first weeks of pregnancy — or at all — reversing ...

Student Health said that the virus has some symptoms similar to the common cold.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus without a vaccine, is rising in Northern California wastewater. While symptoms resemble a cold, it can cause severe breathing issues, especially in ...

A Mexican nurse prepares a dose of the measles vaccine, as people queue to receive the measles vaccine outside the Palacio de Bellas Artes, as health authorities in Mexico ...

The Trump administration's severe cuts to CDC funding have significantly contributed to the lack of consistent and reliable public health messaging, some experts say ...

As measles ravages the US, a new case study in the New England Journal of Medicine has shed light on a terrifying side effect ...

California is sounding big alarms as measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine, races through pockets of unvaccinated communities.

In Santa Cruz County, WastewaterSCAN data shows the highest levels reported in three years worth of data.

Human metapneumovirus, a little-known respiratory virus, is circulating in Northern California as flu and COVID cases decline.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease. There is currently no vaccine to prevent it, and no specific antiviral therapy ...