Health

Only 35% of Americans have gotten their flu shot this year. NBC 5’s Larry Collins tells us the details about illnesses going around this holiday season.

Cook Children’s Medical Center has an urgent request for parents in the coming days, weeks and months: remain vigilant and considerate.

Just days ahead of big holiday gatherings, there’s a spike in illness sweeping across North Texas. Medical teams say ERs are filling up with people fighting a virus. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero has the story.

Cigna Healthcare shares important details to consider when shopping for your Medicare coverage.  

The study also suggests going for a run before work won’t make up for sitting at your desk all day.

“This is every parent’s very worst fear and a nightmare that no one should have to endure,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the death of 19-year-old Bianca Jones.

Neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, arm pain can all be caused by a herniated disc. If left untreated, it can become debilitating and lead to nerve damage. Now, a new procedure is helping to get people up and moving pain-free.

Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, bashed her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week over his views on vaccinations, calling them “dangerous.”

You’ve heard it before — “you are what you eat.” Science is increasingly confirming that this adage holds true, especially when it comes to the impact of our gut microbiome on our overall health. Ivanhoe Newswre reports recent studies have revealed that our gut bacteria plays a significant role in everything from mental health to cancer and even Alzheimer’s...

Texas mom suffered an often fatal AFE during childbirth and was ‘clinically dead’ for 45 minutes. When she awoke a week later, she met her triplets.

When Marisa Christie arrived at the hospital for a planned C-section to deliver her triplets everything seemed to be going smoothly. But soon after giving birth, something unusual happened.  “The doctors had pulled all three (babies) out. Actually, they were resting them on my stomach to do a delayed cord clamping,” Christie, 30, of Tomball, Texas, tells TODAY.com. “My...

Motivational speaker and breast cancer survivor, Karla Baptiste, shares more about her inspiring memoir.

Rising temperatures are responsible for nearly a fifth of the world’s dengue burden, according to the new findings — a share that’s expected to keep rising.

San Mateo County health officials said on Saturday they have reported the first known case of clade I mpox in California and the United States.

Shares of Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, BioNTech and GSK closed lower on Thursday.

Health officials said there no longer appears to be a food safety concern, and McDonald’s has resumed selling Quarter Pounders with slivered onions at the affected locations

In 2023, Sydney Towle, then 23, developed a bump on her abdomen that she could feel. When she exercised, she experienced a stinging in her stomach. Worried that she developed a hernia, Towle visited an urgent care clinic. 

Savencia Cheese USA is recalling several of its soft ripened cheeses after finding that processing equipment at its Lena, Illinois, facility may have been contaminated with listeria, a type of bacteria.

In many cities around North Texas, you might be receiving letters regarding your water. The EPA required all regulated water systems to track any lead or galvanized service lines. NBC 5’s Vince Sims has more on what this notice means.

Dentists say fluoridated water was one of the most significant public health advances in recent memory. The incoming administration may not see it that way.