FOX Health

As more families consider raising their own egg-laying chickens amid today’s high cost of eggs, there are health considerations when it comes to installing a chicken coop on your property.

A European Union drug regulator said the shortage of antibiotics is not considered a “major event.” Manufactures expect supplies of amoxicillin to increase in the near future.

The rule requiring people to wear masks while on public transportation in Spain will be lifted on Feb. 7. An official said the COVID-19 health situation in the country is stable.

Japan is planning to downgrade its coronavirus classification on May 8. The country will revise its COVID-19 protection guidelines as well.

Malawi is facing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades. The disease has infected over 30,000 people in the African country and has killed another 1,000.

Only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported last year. Global eradication efforts are about to enter its most difficult phase, according to officials

A medical association based in Virginia — the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) — says the U.S. is experiencing a dire shortage of infectious disease specialists. Experts weigh in.

Nutrition and community medicine researchers think they’ve found a link that connects high body mass indexes and waist circumferences to premature and expected “frailty” in later life.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia is facing a shortage of certain medicines amid its war with Ukraine, even though the country is producing more of its own drugs domestically.

A new FDA proposal would treat COVID-19 vaccines the same way Americans receive an annual flu shot — to protect people against virus mutations. Dr. Marc Siegel shared concerns.