Hospitals are seeking nurses with more-advanced degrees than before, partly in response to an increasingly complex health-care system. Hospitals reduce needle sticks and other discomforts by drawing ...

Jennifer Capasso had endured multiple tumors. She wondered what might be said during her next cancer surgery. So, she hit ...

Departing the hospital sealed in a bio-containment bubble. It followed an intense, large-scale response to what could have been a serious infectious disease. It all began hours earlier with what ...

A suspected outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Ethiopia has killed six people, including two healthcare workers, prompting an emergency response from the World Health Organization amid ...

The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine ...

At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. This marks the country's first known outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the ...

Ethiopia on Monday confirmed three deaths from the Marburg haemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighbouring South Sudan. Health Minister Mekdes Daba said Ethiopia's government, which ...

Ahead of the holidays, NPR staffers give their recommendations for some of their favorite books of the year, covering everything from a sci-fi graphic novel to historical fiction.

"I hadn't even set foot in the door to say hello to the family! So, I told her it sounded like such a fun tradition that all ...

Two white-tailed deer at a Texas breeding facility linked to a recently uncovered deer-smuggling operation have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), an illness wildlife laws aim to ...

A study of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) found that more than half were colonized with at least one bacterial strain with antibiotic resistance or epidemic potential, and ...