Commissioners voted unanimously to contribute federal COVID relief funds on the $60 million crisis center. However, a long ...

The expanding wildfires in Southern California have prompted more evacuation orders overnight while the Los Angeles County ...

Six simultaneous wildfires have devastated Los Angeles County neighbourhoods since Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and damaging or destroying 10,000 structures ...

Up to 21 million people contract norovirus each year in the U.S. alone, the CDC says. Though most people recover from the ...

When AQI values exceed 100, air quality becomes unhealthy, initially for sensitive groups and eventually for the entire population as values rise. The severity of air pollution in Dhaka is not new, ...

“If there was going to be a strike, we would obviously cancel elective surgeries, we would cancel outpatient visits,” Dr.

1964 marked the government’s arrival to the non-smoking movement. A year after the top doctor’s announcement, American smokers arrived in stores to find their cigarette boxes stamped with a mandatory ...

The Dubuque County Public Health Department hopes to increase community engagement and reduce chronic disease levels through ...

An increase in cases of COVID, RSV, norovirus and the flu is being referred to as the "winter quad-demic." The Chicago Department of Public Health said two children under the age of 2 have died due to ...

It doesn't get a lot of public attention, but there's a growing concern over Iowa's yearly increase in new cancer cases and the state's rising cancer ...

Officials are now investigating 11 deaths related to this week's fires near Los Angeles, but cautioned the actual number of ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...