A third of American mothers are unlikely to get their children flu shots, according to a survey commissioned by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Another poll by the same group finds 43 percent of Americans say they won’t get vaccinated themselves.

Most people who want to scare folks for Halloween do it with a frightening costume or elaborate yard display. Not the Environmental Working Group, alas.

California parents will have to add the Tdap booster shot to their seventh-through-12th-grader’s back-to-school lists next fall after state health officials announced that the pertussis, or whooping cough, booster shot will be required for students by law before starting school.

His new title could be the King of New York City Bans. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to institute yet another proscription, requesting permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bar the city’s 1.7 million food stamp recipients from using the stamps to purchase sugary drinks. Mr. Bloomberg believes the demonstration project would aid in curbing the city’s obesity epidemic, which New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard F.

In a paradoxical new study, researchers from the University of Montreal found that even though adults took in fewer calories in 2004 than they did in 1972 and engaged in more leisure-time physical activity, the obesity rate actually continued to rise. So what’s the elusive obesity culprit? Well, you might very well be absorbed in it at this very moment: it’s your desk job.

If the thought of abstaining from alcohol for the entire length of pregnancy sounds like a daunting task, moms-to-be can breathe a slight sigh of relief, as a new study from the Journal of Epidemiological and Community Health suggests that having one or two drinks weekly may be safe during pregnancy.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may be linked to suicide and depression, according to a new study published in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently recommended that the allowable concentration of atrazine in water be increased to 100 parts per billion, up from its previous two parts per billion standard.

Last Monday, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Knocked Up” actress Katherine Heigl promoted e-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) as her most effective s

USA Today reports that a new study “strongly” links adult diabetes to air pollution exposure — even where pollution levels fall below EPA safety limits.