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The CDC said it has not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria, but the majority of people who have fallen ill live in or traveled to Florida about a month before they got sick

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin. Health officials said Thursday that they have not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling the public to be alert to symptoms and the possibility of infection. C...

The FDA said risks of baby neck floats “include death due to drowning and suffocation, strain, and injury to a baby’s neck.”

U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.

The U.S. will deploy nearly 300,000 monkeypox vaccine doses in the coming weeks in an effort to stamp out the growing outbreak of the virus.

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.

Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection.

The Food and Drug Administration rejected Juul’s application to sell its e-cigarettes in the U.S.

The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S.

Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines because regular shots don’t provide them enough protection, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.

Researchers compared what the U.S. government pays for prescription drugs to the prices of generic drugs sold at the entrepreneur’s new online pharmacy.

The World Health Organization announced an urgent move to rename the virus after a group of scientists argued that it is “inaccurate” and “stigmatizing.”

The FDA on Monday approved the first-ever treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss and was thrown into the spotlight after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars.