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Measles cases are spiking because the share of Americans who've received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has dropped.

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Mental health conditions include disorders that impact mood, thinking, and behavior. Each has unique symptoms, but mental health conditions can cause low mood, confusion, hallucinations, extreme mood ...

Kuppalli is an infectious diseases physician in Dallas. I went through medical school, residency, and a fellowship in the United States in an era when vaccine-preventable diseases were treated as ...

A newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often takes years and frequently ends without answers. The tool analyzes how ...

Nearly half of all adults have some form of gum disease—and it is not just affecting your teeth. Daniel Thunell, DMD, board-certified periodontist at University of Utah Health, explains the research ...

India’s latest NFHS-6 survey shows child malnutrition falling, while obesity and lifestyle diseases are rapidly rising ...

Articulating a comprehensive definition of health and disease has been a historically intricate task. The earliest conceptual frameworks for health and disease can be traced back to the ancient ...