Flu cases are declining locally, but the illness is far from over. Healthcare professionals are reminding families that the virus continues to spread through the community and that basic prevention ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2,425 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S. Five of those cases are in Iowa.Millions of monkeypox vaccines are on their way to curb the spread of ...

As a physician, I am glad for the mobile health-monitoring applications that allow me to help my patients sleep better, exercise better and eat better. Yet I was a little offended when I learned of a ...

Doctors are warning parents to watch for hand, foot and mouth disease, a viral infection common in children that can spread quickly in daycares and households. Hand, foot and mouth disease is usually ...

Handwashing is a routine habit for eliminating dirt and germs most of us encounter daily. But despite the health benefits of hand hygiene, a survey finds that a large segment of people wash their ...

A new survey reveals how often Americans wash their hands, and let’s just say—some of y’all are out here rolling dice with your hygiene. According to CNN, the survey tracked the handwashing habits of ...

Imagine a hospital where one maternity ward's mothers died at five times the rate of another, and the difference was whether doctors carried the smell of corpses on their hands. In 1847 Vienna, Ignaz ...