Governor Bill Ritter has proclaimed May as Colorado Trauma Awareness Month.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is providing the following recommendations to protect public health and safety, in response to flooding that has occurred in various parts of the state:

The first smog advisory of the year has been issued by Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, and Niagara Region Public Health would like to remind residents of precautions to take in order to protect their health during episodes of smog.

The survey findings were tabulated into the first Health Security Index, which ranks Americans' health security at 66 out of 100, and were announced today at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Doctors advise healthy exercise and sensible eating for healthy lyfestyle.

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The popularity of home improvement in the United States might have a downside: the number of nonfatal ladder injuries treated in emergency rooms jumped by 50 percent between 1990 and 2005.

As the weather warms up and we gain energy, many people will take on the annual tradition of Spring Cleaning.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana announced a new online tool that will enable people to understand the cost of the medical care they receive for common procedures such as knee replacement, maternity services and tonsillectomy.

Outdoor recreation can create problems, however, and one of them is potential tetanus exposure.

It's no secret that American women are seriously short on "me" time. So when the time finally arrives for a long-awaited vacation, no one wants to lose a single precious day to an unexpected illness.

With the arrival of spring and outdoor activity months, public health officials are reminding people to protect themselves against ticks and the illnesses they can cause.

Individuals should be able to access their health and medical data conveniently, reliably and affordably.

The number of injuries from nail guns has almost doubled since 2001. And researchers say that more and more it is do-it-yourselfers who are feeling the pain.