A common goal for step count is 10,000 per day. But where does that number come from? A new study shows how many you may need ...

The bombardment of Gaza has left a toxic legacy of contaminated soil, blackened water and disease-spreading garbage that will last generations.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, is reiterating his call for Jamaicans to utilise health centres when ...

Walking 10,000 steps a day has long been a fitness cliché. But new research suggests that the health benefits of walking ramp up until about 7,000 steps — before leveling out. And as daily goals go, ...

With measles cases increasing across the country and in Iowa, Linn County Public Health is bringing the vaccine directly to the community through a mobile clinic.

Research published in The Lancet Public Health journal landed on a number different than the 10,000 daily step​ recommendation you may have previously heard.

Paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) has been detected at unsafe levels on the beaches of Vashon-Maury Island's Quartermaster ...

The Trump administration will propose the repeal of a landmark 2009 determination that climate change poses a danger to the public, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said ...

Shots were fired as Thai and Cambodian forces clashed on Thursday in a disputed area of their border, according to military ...

A mosquito sample in Western Massachusetts has been found carrying Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, the first detection ...

PEPFAR, the campaign to end H.I.V. globally, would morph into an effort to detect disease outbreaks and sell American products, according to documents obtained by The Times.

Nearly 3 million people in California are at risk of losing their health coverage in the next decade due to Trump's "One Big ...