North Carolina's first standalone childrens hospital will be built in a bedroom community of Raleigh

Dr. Claudette Yamogo is Burkina Fasos only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children

A U.S. Senate committee has approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trumps director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades

Scientists have linked last weeks European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths

A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into several U.S. universities computer systems to steal COVID-19-related research

German investigators say they are examining the case of a doctor who has been suspected of killing several patients

Roseline Phay is a farmer in the West African nation of Liberia

Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women

Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging

Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international medical residents set to start their training this week were delayed by the Trump administrations travel and visa restrictions

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines

The maker of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon is recalling nearly 368,000 pounds of the product because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria

Executive branch doesn't have authority to change agencies created by Congress.

A New York doctor has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse

The Supreme Court has thrown out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths

A Ukrainian woman, Olha Kurtmalaieva, has endured cancer and war while fighting to bring her husband home from Russian captivity

Philadelphias public schools are facing federal criminal allegations of failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos

The New Mexico state health department says five people in a county detention facility have measles

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The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative

U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines

CDC nominee Susan Monarez says she values vaccines and rigorous scientific evidence but has largely sidestepped questions about widespread cuts to the agency and whether she disagreed with any of Health Secretary Robert F

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Global efforts to protect children against diseases like measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections

Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when its baking outside

A Texas law promoting the Trump administrations Make America Healthy Again agenda requires first-ever warning labels on certain foods like chips and candies

A new report finds that the number of abortions in the U.S. grew in 2024 as more women obtained pills through telehealth

The nations major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications

Everyone needs protein it's vital for the growth, repair and maintenance of your muscles, bones and skin

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill to ban all THC products

Roads in parts of rural Uganda can be rough in dry weather and a churn of mud in wet

A Brazilian woman who says she became pregnant after being raped in March should have been granted access to a legal abortion

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the worlds only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV

A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled heat-and-eat chicken fettucine alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores

Cancer patients say theyve grown sicker since Argentinas radical libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths

The baby of a Georgia woman who was declared brain dead and has been on life support for months has been delivered

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered

Kraft Heinz will be pulling certain artificial dyes from its U.S. products starting in 2027 and will no longer roll out new products with the dyes

A former Ohio doctor who was fired before being found not guilty on murder charges in the deaths of 14 patients has lost a defamation lawsuit against his former employers

Breaking down barriers surrounding mental health was a personal mission for Jim Irsay, the beloved owner of the Indianapolis Colts who passed away last month

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting

A new poll shows most U.S. adults dont think the government is overspending on the programs Republicans in Congress have focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps

A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation through podcasts, nonprofits and summits that specifically address their experience

The U.S. is up to 1,197 confirmed measles cases this year

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion

The Supreme Court is siding with a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy in a ruling that could make it easier for families like hers to go to court over access to education

Every month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail