The increase in life expectancy coincides with a decrease in COVID-19 and overdose deaths.

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Measles cases are rising in Florida, with confirmed cases in Duval and St. Johns County. Here's what we know.

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Public health specialists are warning that a dangerous disease threat is accelerating in one of the most climate‑stressed parts of the United States, where warming temperatures, shifting ecosystems ...

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With about four months remaining into the flu season, Denver7 is getting answers about the measures hospitals are taking to stymie health care-related flu infections.

To help answer common vaccine questions, we consulted Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor at the University of Iowa’s Carver ...

Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S ...