Wendy and Brian Barze chair this year's Birmingham Heart Ball, sharing their personal journey to heart health and their commitment to the American Heart Association.

Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system. Although often dismissed as a seasonal illness, it can lead to ...

In December, YNHH integrated the newly FDA-approved Medtronic VitalFlow ECMO System and first used it to transfer a patient ...

It spreads through inhalation or contact with the fluids from an infected person's coughs or sneezes. 2 While often linked to ...

As temperatures drop during the winter season, safety hazards for seniors increase. This is because older adults are more vulnerable to the cold due to slower circulation, lower body fat and ...

A new variant of the H5N1 bird flu — the same one that led to the death of a Louisiana man — has for first the first time ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic has found that people who are hospitalized for infections face a ...

Some plants hide deadly secrets. These toxic plants can cause severe illness or even death. Here are the top 10 most poisonous plants worldwide.

State Security agents and police officers in Havana detained several Cuban dissidents as they made their way to the funeral ...

A musician who waited nearly 10 hours in A&E before collapsing and dying had been wrongly sent home with antibiotics just ...

Vietnamese hospitals are witnessing a surge in severe flu cases, with many patients suffering respiratory failure and requiring intensive care.

A man who claims he lost half his body weight and was diagnosed with "severe malnourishment" following gastric bypass surgery ...