Nearly half a million Americans visit the emergency room (ER) each year with a fast-spreading stomach bug called norovirus.

Tracy Letts’ “Bug,” starring his wife, Carrie Coon, debuted in the’90s, yet it still has the capacity to shock audiences — at ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

Journalist Daisy Hernández chronicles the history of Chagas disease, also known as kissing bug disease, and how it changed ...

The United States now has the highest level of respiratory illness since the 1997-98 flu season, according to new data published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...