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"Using Coca-Cola as a self-tanner is a 'one way ticket to developing cancer and wrinkles.'"

New Mexico health officials say two women, in their 50s and 60s, were diagnosed and hospitalized with the plague this week. What are the symptoms of the plague?

The chemical weapon VX nerve agent can kill a person within minutes and was used to kill Kim Jong-nam.

“The release of the annual immunization schedules comes amid concerns that the Trump administration has proposed appointing a group to study the safety and effectiveness of vaccines,” the guidelines read.

A summit on public health and climate change has been canceled by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Several safety incidents occurred at the federal agency’s Atlanta and Fort Collins, Colorado, laboratories, information obtained by USA Today showed.

The weather phenomenon El Niño and global warming fueled the spread of the Zika virus in South America, scientists say.

A new study reports on the trends in marijuana use in "reproductive-aged" women and women who are pregnant.

While your doctor knows best, here is a running list of immunizations and boosters you might want to look into for the new year.

More Americans died from heroin-related incidents than from gun homicides in 2015, a recent report says.

With the promotion of its alternative cigarette product, the IQOS, Phillip Morris could move away from cigarettes.

Scientists conducted an experimental treatment on monkeys combining old techniques and new with promising results.

An estimated 1.5 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2015.

Hundreds of people in Arkansas have recently reported symptoms or tested positive for the mumps.

A new study shows that household dust might leave you at risk for more than allergies.

No state in the United States registered a rate below 20 percent, while four states had the adult obesity rate of over 35 percent.

The positive samples came from the Miami Beach area and is the first time Zika-carrying mosquitoes have been identified on U.S. soil.

Country Fresh announced a recall on nearly 30,000 cases of precut vegetables after many packages of food were discovered to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Researchers from Liberia’s Men’s Health Screening Program found that one man had been carrying the virus in his semen 565 days after recovery.

Virginia has confirmed a total of 23 cases of Hepatitis A linked to a smoothie chain's strawberries.

Sepsis is a difficult-to-diagnose complication of an infection that can be life threatening even with minor delays.

A case of the "brain-eating amoeba" recently surfaced in Florida.

Certain racial and ethnic groups continue to smoke cigarettes at higher rates than others, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said Thursday.

The test, granted an emergency OK, will help doctors determine if a person is infected with Zika, chikungunya or dengue.

The states involved in the outbreak are Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Virginia.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called for more federal research into whether legal marijuana can curb the prescription painkiller epidemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that Americans consume far too much sodium.

A 37 percent increase since 2002 in fatalities from cirrhosis and other health effects does not include deaths from drunken-driving crashes.

What public health researchers don't know about America's guns --and wish they did.