HealthDay News — A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has now caused four deaths and sickened 101 people, New York City health officials confirmed. The bacteria that cause the illness, ...

Nationally, 25% of patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department have to wait 4 hours or more for a bed during nonpeak months.

FluMist, an intranasally-administered influenza vaccine, is now available for home delivery, according to manufacturer AstraZeneca.

The risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection is increased among adults with allergic rhinitis using nasal corticosteroids but not among children.

Physician attire impacts patients' perceptions of professionalism, trust, and communication, but perceptions are highly context-dependent.

The FDA has approved Papzimeos™ (zopapogene imadenovec-drba) for the treatment of adults with recurrent respiratory ...

Hospital use of early specialty palliative care consultation in ICU patients was not associated with the probability of persistent critical illness.

Fewer US adults say they drink alcohol, and more now believe that even moderate drinking can harm their health.

Roughly two-thirds of children with pediatrician-diagnosed asthma have a confirmed diagnosis in accordance with international guideline criteria requiring 2 or more positive objective tests.

The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to ifinatamab deruxtecan for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer in pretreated patients.

Black and Hispanic children were disproportionately more likely to experience severe COVID-19 hospitalization compared with White and Asian or Pacific Islander children.

An estimated 440 deaths from January 5 to February 1, 2025, in Los Angeles County were attributable to the Los Angeles wildfires.