Health

The U.S. flu season is underway. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released its latest flu-monitoring data, and noted sharp increases in several measures.

A McKinney High School graduate is a living example of modern medical innovation. After suffering a severe head injury in a car crash, doctors implanted a 3D-printed skull to aid his recovery. Health reporter Bianca Castro shares his remarkable story of resilience and medical advancement.

The agency’s decision expands the use of Zepbound and could potentially pave the way for Eli Lilly to gain broader insurance coverage for the treatment.

Learn how Signify Health can bring expert healthcare straight to your doorstep with in-home healthcare solutions.

Investigators say a North Texas mom lied about her daughter having an illness, leading to medical procedures. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard is following the story.

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S. That raises new questions about the outbreak of the virus, also known as Type A H5N1. It was detected for the first time in cattle in the U.S....

The secretary can appoint members to a CDC advisory panel that makes recommendations on vaccinations.

A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday.

The shooting of Brian Thompson has unleashed a torrent pent-up of anger towards insurers, renewed calls for reform and reignited a debate over U.S. health care.

About 67% of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. That’s the largest percentage seen in an annual national survey.

Raw milk has not been pasteurized, a heating process that kills disease-causing germs.

Researchers who found that obesity dipped for the first time in more than a decade suggested that weight loss drugs like Ozempic might play a role.

Special training, the first of its kind for the next generation of doctors, is happening at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU. NBC 5 health reporter Bianca Castro takes us inside the classroom.

The Teddy Bear Party, a local 501c3, recently donated over 2,000 teddy bears to Cook Children’s Medical Center PrayerBear Program. The donation was made possible through an eventful night of charitable giving at the Teddy Bear Party, where each guest brought a stuffed bear to be gifted to a child in need at the hospital. The PrayerBear Program, which began…

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Doctor explains what you need to know about what is informally referred to as “brain fog.”

Two cats have died after being suspected of contracting H5 bird flu after drinking raw milk that had been recalled, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Thursday. 

Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

The Sink family hosts ‘Do It for Declan’ 5K raising awareness and money for research into Sanfilippo syndrome. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards reports the fatal genetic disorder impacts their son’s brain and nervous system.

In his stand-up special ‘Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…’ Foxx reveals how doctors overlooked this symptom of his potentially deadly aneurysm.