A former doctor has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area

New Mexico Health Secretary Patrick Allen is leaving after less than two years on the job

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail

A Dallas anesthesiologist has been sentenced to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid

Experts say people shopping for health insurance right now should look beyond price when searching for coverage for next year

The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children

Officials say Pakistan has detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the countrys tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year

Vigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year

Women's health advocates in Africa are worried that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will again invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that cuts off U.S. government funding for groups that offer abortion-related services

North Carolina Republicans have advanced legislation that would weaken the powers of the incoming governor, attorney general and schools superintendent

Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trumps pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Am...

Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

A South Dakota judge has dismissed a lawsuit that an anti-abortion group filed in June targeting an abortion rights measure that voters went on to reject

An Iowa-based group that strives to alleviate world hunger is announcing a leadership change as it works to expand its international focus

A judge has struck down Wyomings overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy

Polands health authorities are urging polio vaccinations for children after the virus was detected in Warsaws sewage during regular tests this month

Turkey Trots have become an enduring Thanksgiving tradition for many experienced runners and novices alike

Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among health care workers on trial accused of causing at least 10 infant deaths linked to a scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system

The United Nations climate talks neared the end of their first week on Saturday with negotiators still at work on how much wealthier nations will pay developing countries adapt to planetary warming

Theres one exercise group that says you really can keep up with outdoor workouts through the winter

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against a legislative subpoena that lawmakers used to stave off the execution of Robert Roberson

Croatias health minister and several others were detained on Friday on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation launched by the European prosecutors office

Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, and Shanghai is the most polluting

A U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people

President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nations sprawling public health apparatus

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimers treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting the drug

A nonprofit dedicated to opposing diversity initiatives in medicine has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the requirements surrounding the racial makeup of key medical boards in Tennessee

New rules require drugmakers to be clearer about explaining the risks and side effects of prescription drugs

Deep breathing can be a simple and effective way to reduce stress

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change havent lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get

Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen

At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E

Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week

Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the countrys east

New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline

Health experts say walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, bolster fitness and prevent disease

Seven-year-old Halima Abou Yassine was brought to Lebanon from Gaza for treatment after an Israeli strike left her near death with a gaping wound in her skull

Details about a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the controversial topic ahead of a vote in Parliament later this month

Four women suing over Idahos strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth and how they had to leave the state to get abor...

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz says it's no longer serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu

The family of a security guard who was fatally shot at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, has sued the facility for $35 million

A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky

The Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Groups $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys

23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs

There's some good news about sexually-transmitted diseases in newly released U.S. health data

The U.N. childrens agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistans eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season in recent years