For many Americans, it's not clear how easy getting a COVID-19 vaccination this fall will be or if they've lost the choice

An 11-year-old boy in Cambodia has died from bird flu, the countrys fourth victim of four confirmed cases of the infection this year

Frances lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication

Frances lower house of parliament adopts bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication

A leading medical group is warning of a rising number of cholera cases in war-torn Sudan as a new outbreak of the waterborne disease grips the country

Haitians with HIV are defying stigma as they publicly denounce USAID cuts implemented by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump that has led to a dwindling of life-saving medication

Naqi Rizvi loves the absolute freedom he feels on the tennis court

Reproductive rights advocates are suing Arizona to unravel several laws regulating abortion access in the state

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter

Work requirements for Medicaid recipients, hospitals checking citizenship status, food assistance cuts and other measures in the budget passed by the U.S. House would rearrange the U.S. social safety net

A person attended a Shakira concert at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey while infectious with measles

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Some studies have shown that children with autism are more at risk of drowning

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 500 illnesses last year

Investigators are combing through the writings of a 25-year-old man believed responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic over the weekend

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps

The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the most serious crises of its 77-year history in the wake of Trump administration funding cuts and plans to withdraw the United States

Health officials are urging vigilance as reports of bird flu cases in humans appear to have stopped

A federal judge says the government must stop slashing billions in money for public health departments

Infant twins suffered from malnutrition in Nigeria

As mental health awareness increases, so are conversations about about what constitutes toxic behavior at work and the kinds of treatment people won't tolerate for a steady paycheck

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water

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Michigans 24-hour waiting period before an abortion has been struck down

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed a bill into law to make Maryland the first state to use money collected from a surcharge on insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act to pay for an abortion grant program

Californias governor once again called upon the states cities and counties to ban homeless encampments

U.S. health officials say a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people

President Donald Trumps plan to change the pricing model for some medications is facing fierce criticism from the pharmaceutical industry before hes even signed an executive order he says will lower the costs of drugs

Hawaii's attorney general's office says pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay the state $700 million to settle its lawsuit over the efficacy and safety of the blood thinner Plavix

Vaccination teams are part of an effort by health authorities across Mexico to contain the countrys biggest measles outbreak in decades

The United States will cut $50 million in aid a year to the southern African country of Zambia because of the systematic theft of medicines and medical products the money paid for

A new U.S. government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, defined as cancer diagnosed before age 50

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center

Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have agreed to a $750 million settlement of hundreds of sexual abuse claims by patients of imprisoned former gynecologist Robert Hadden

Utah dentists say theyre bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the states most vulnerable people

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, The Purposeful Warrior, including her experience with miscarriage

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D

It was an unusual study about trust, vaccines in a historically Black community.

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago

An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to terminate more than 150 research grants related to child and family well-being

Kentucky is reporting a 30.2% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024

Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro doctors say he has left intensive care but remains hospitalized after undergoing bowel surgery

New U.S. government data shows that more U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline

Dr. Google is often on call for worried patients, but it may not give the best advice