Biostatistician Jeffrey Morris says effective dialogue requires an awareness of how politics shape a person's beliefs.

More than three years have passed since federal health officials arrived in central Appalachia to assess an alarming outbreak ...

Recent studies implicate the immune system and a herpes virus as potential contributors to development of the disease.

The federal government’s advice for raw milk consumers has long been simple: Don’t drink it. But despite the risk of foodborne illnesses, raw milk isn’t going anywhere. Sales have increased in the ...

In March 2013, a 27-year-old man showed up at the Fifth People’s Hospital in Shanghai, China, with a high fever and cough. Within 48 hours, he was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe ...