Heat puts intense strain on the body, leading to dehydration, exhaustion and potentially deadly heat stroke, in which your ...

Hiding deep inside the body, a dangerous type of fat wraps itself around vital organs such as the kidneys, liver and heart — ...

A powerful heat dome is trapping scorching air and humidity across the Eastern U.S., bringing life‑threatening conditions ...

Lack of access to healthy food is a threat to the lives of cancer survivors—a significant and often overlooked factor affecting their long-term health outcomes. A new study shows that those ...

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, a University of Minnesota research team demonstrated that measuring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater continues to accurately predict COVID-19 infections in a ...

Officials with KCHD said they found a presence of WNV during routine surveillance of the Milligan Street area of East Knoxville.

A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense is set to present on flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal at a CDC vaccine advisory panel meeting, CNN reported on ...

Scientists say the bees' temperament is to ward off predators. But unsuspecting humans will find them to be aggressive, spiteful and terrifying.

"We have been informed that a mosquito trapped in Clark County has tested positive for West Nile Virus," the post reads.

Highly aggressive Africanized honey bees, the so-called "killer bees," are moving north and spreading as climate change ...

Heat index values are expected to rise above 100 degrees in Connecticut Monday and Tuesday as an extended period of hot weather blankets the state. Heat index values, the felt temperature with ...

The heat is no joke and this year, it's impacting a large portion of the U.S. Here's what to know about heat stroke, ...