Health & Wellness

According to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, nearly 1 in every 100 Americans are diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. There are two types, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, and this weekend there’s an event in South Florida looking to raise money to find a cure for both. “I just knew that my journey had gotten a lot...

NBC6’s Sophia Hernandez sat down with three people being honored for their work in informing and advocating for others in their community.

Dr. Arif Kamal, an oncologist at the American Cancer Society, explains what kind of sunscreen to use with your children and how often to reapply it.

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr..

Where you live, what you’re allergic to and your lifestyle can make a big difference when it comes to the severity of your allergies.

Registered dietitian Kylie Sakaida practices stress-free eating by meal planning and not aiming for perfection in her diet. Here are the meals she has weekly.

The results bring Eli Lilly’s pill orforglipron one step closer to becoming a new, needle-free alternative in the booming weight loss and diabetes market. 

The announcement adds to a string of setbacks in Pfizer’s bid to win a slice of the booming market that Wall Street projects to be worth $150 billion.

A wide-ranging agricultural bill that would prohibit local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies is ready for a full Senate vote. The measure (SB 700), approved along party lines by the Republican-controlled Senate Fiscal Policy Committee on Tuesday, in part revises the definition of “water quality additive.” The bill comes amid debates in communities throughout Florida, including in South…

RFK Jr.’s “tepid endorsement” of measles vaccination puts the U.S. at risk of losing its elimination status of the disease as early as January, the FDA’s former top vaccine regulator said.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness.

Another child with measles in Texas has died, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Saturday night, though the exact cause of death is under investigation, NBC News reported.

Public health officials in California confirmed that three people in the town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife in February, NBC News reported.

Dr. Diego Hijano, a pediatric infectious disease expert from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, answers your questions on how the MMR vaccine can protect your kids from the measles.

Cuts to the CDC and FDA, experts say, could reverse hugely successful campaigns to cut cigarette smoking rates and curb teen vaping.

Under Kennedy’s leadership, HHS has seen mass firings across health agencies, including staff responsible for outbreak response and vaccine access.

In celebration of Autism Awareness Month, Kelly shines a light on “Snoopers & Sneakers,” a new young adult novel about two unlikely friends who team up to solve a mystery. Co-authors Cristina and Lydia dial-in and share how they teamed up to write the novel, including Lydia bringing her real-life experience with autism to help bring the cat-obsessed middle school...

The future of fluoride in Miami-Dade’s drinking water was decided by county leaders Tuesday afternoon as they voted to remove it. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

A cancerous spot was found during routine check-up in a dermatologist’s office, which forced John Cena to re-think his lax attitude about sunscreen.

Alarmed by his weight and the toll it was taking on his health, Tom Carroll lost 132 pounds in a unique way: eating a Chick-fil-A salad every day.