Health

Maricopa County is tracking a rise in West Nile cases following early rains. Environmental services have set over 850 traps to test local mosquitoes.

Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s what to know about her.

A new WalletHub study ranks the states where underprivileged children face the greatest challenges, based on factors including poverty, health and education.

Sysco, the nation's largest food distributor, will stop buying iceberg lettuce from Mexico as federal health officials investigate a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to the product, the company's CEO said Tuesday.

Media personality Perez Hilton was hospitalized in Miami after law enforcement and emergency services responded to a mental health crisis during a live broadcast.

Consuming less of this during pregnancy and the first years of life may lower the risk of developing dementia decades later.

Michigan is reporting two deaths in the cyclosporiasis outbreak among its most recent case update Monday.

Thousands of cyclists, including an Arizona family, rode for hundreds of miles in Massachusetts during the Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for cancer research.

A new study pushes back on the idea that people generally should be consuming more and more protein.

Older adults who take five or more prescription medications face a significantly higher risk of death compared to those taking fewer drugs, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

The VA is launching a new clinical trial to test whether blockbuster GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss and type 2 diabetes can treat alcohol use disorder in veterans.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' director who was the face of the U.S. medical community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, refused to answer more than 100 questions Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.  Fauci could now face criminal prosecution for refusing to answer. 

Residents spending time outside in July say they have gotten used to triple-digit heat, but medical experts warn that heat acclimation only protects the body to a point.