Scientists are increasingly finding that what happens inside your mouth could have surprising effects on your heart.

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How will the Global Polio Eradication Initiative deal with the changes made by the Trump administration at a crucial time in trying to rid the world of the poliovirus.

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Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in ...

Jay Butler, who served with the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and as Alaska's chief medical officer, was named to the post.

Stateline reports that federal funding cuts under the Trump administration may worsen racial health disparities as programs ...

Three monkeys remain at large after truck crash in Mississippi released 21 primates from Tulane University research program ...