There have been 14 distinct species of ticks recorded in New York by Upstate Medical University’s tick map. The most common is the deer tick, but all of them can transmit Lyme disease.

A study of more than 1 million people found no link between aluminum in vaccines and an increased risk of autoimmune disease, allergies and autism.

Measles cases in the US have reached a new high, hitting the biggest numbers since the US eliminated the disease 25 years ago ...

The "flesh-eating" bacteria vibrio vulnificus are prompting health officials to close beaches across the U.S. this summer.

SULLIVAN, N.Y. — The Madison County Health Department is alerting the public to a mosquito-borne illness that was detected recently. The Health Department said it was notified by the New York State ...

Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease ...

If I have sounded like a broken record these past months, it is because these developments in American public health are as ...

A series of live maps from Windy.com highlighted which parts of the U.S. were experiencing elevated levels of air pollution ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...

Touching water impacted by algal blooms can be dangerous to people and animals. People who spot blooms in Cayuga Lake are asked to file a report.

Almost a third of American adolescents are on the road toward diabetes, according to new data. “In 2023, an estimated 8.4 million adolescents aged 12-17 years, or 32.7% of the US adolescent population ...

This year’s outbreaks, some of them interconnected, started five months ago in undervaccinated communities in West Texas.