Although rates of new COVID infections have fallen since the summer’s surge, there’s a new variant in town, gearing up to ...

Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, took a tour of the Allenmore Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Tacoma. She has been on a nationwide tour ...

The COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 rose 12.7% and now makes up over 50% of COVID cases, the CDC Nowcast data tracker shows.

October is the “sweet spot” for getting flu shots, and for many people it can be convenient to combine their flu and updated ...

A summer wave of cases locally and across the country may be on the decline and a vaccine targeting the latest variants is ...

September is Suicide Prevention Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one person dies by ...

Dr. Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and mom of four, has the perfect solution to the fall and winter ...

The parasite that causes the disease lives in the intestines of raccoons and can cause serious illness in humans.

September is Healthy Aging Month, and quitting smoking is one of the healthiest things an individual can do at any age.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes sure to raise awareness when it comes to mosquitoes and other bugs and the diseases they carry.

Limiting our health defense to just some threats would be like allowing our military to protect us from only some types of ...