HealthDay News — Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December — about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been ...

Skin substitutes were effective in Mohs micrographic surgery among patients with cutaneous malignancy, although further research is needed.

Topline data were announced from two phase 3 trials evaluating deucravacitinib in adults with active psoriatic arthritis.

Among privately insured US adolescents who identified as transgender and gender-diverse, receipt of puberty blockers and hormones was rare.

Merkel cell polyomavirus and ambient ultraviolet radiation exposure are the 2 major risk factors for Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Unloxcyt (cosibelimab-ipdl) for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, marking the first known U.S. death from the virus.

Vaccines to protect against RSV in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public.

Topical steroids taken daily or twice daily do not result in significantly varying outcomes among individuals with eosinophilic esophagitis.

Tumor upstaging in individuals with invasive melanoma is associated with worse overall and melanoma-specific mortality rates.

Sleep deprivation in dermatological surgery among pediatric patients undergoing local anesthesia improves the immobilization effects of anesthesia.

Infants who received early MMR vaccination before 8.5 months of age exhibited waning protection later in life and blunted antibody responses to subsequent vaccination.