The nation is currently experiencing a large outbreak of measles, which originated in California but has spread to at least half a dozen other states since December 2014. Though measles is still common in other parts of the world, the…

North America now has a second case of bird flu, as a Canadian man tested positive for the virus Thursday, according to a report from The Canadian Press.

The Sacramento-based University of California Davis Health System has confirmed a patient at the UC Medical Center is being tested for Ebola.

One physician in Virginia has devoted his practice to truck drivers, who spend all of their days on the interstate and often cannot get routine medical care.

Physicians who do not communicate belief in or understanding of their patients could actually cause patient symptoms to worsen, according to a study published in The American Journal of Medicine.

An investigation is underway by the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure of Carrol Frazier Landrum, MD, the physician who has made national headlines for practicing medicine out of his 2007 Toyota Camry, according to The Washington Post.

How much patients perceive a placebo costs may impact how well it works in clinical trials, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology.

Although it can be comforting to return home after a hospital stay, there is a high likelihood that the individual will end up there again if they don't take proper precautions, according to a Forbes report.

Administrators of Forest Health Medical Center in Ypsilanti, Mich., say CMS made a mistake by rating the hospital very well for hospital-acquired conditions, yet including it on the list of hospitals penalized for having high rates of HACs, according to…

For children who have had their tonsils or adenoids removed, treating post-operative pain with morphine may prove fatal, according to a new study published in PEDIATRICS.