Zipporah Washington always knew she wanted to be a nurse. Then a cancer diagnosis came right before the Newark mother of two ...

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According to statistics, more than 130 million people visit the emergency room in the U.S. every year. The reasons for visits differ from person to person, of course: a flu is nowhere near as urgent ...

Alyssia Brown's sister, Amity, tells PEOPLE that her sister wasn't tested for the treatable fungal infection histoplasmosis until it was too late ...

One 15-year-old's harrowing experience with a dangerous fungal infection is shedding light on a growing health threat.

He's spoken about it publicly for the first time.

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or secondary (metastatic, spreading to the brain from cancer elsewhere). They can also ...

As a medical oncologist, Dr. Michael Grant’s patients fall into this group. He spoke with us about how he protects his patients from pneumonia and what he suggests when they have unexplained symptoms.