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The U.S. flu season appears to be over

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts

South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone

U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning

Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions

So far, only one human case has been confirmed in the U.S. in 2024.

It's now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York

Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse has given their final approval on legislation penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent

Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors get gender-affirming care without parent's permission

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health

Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election

New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops

New rules on coal power plants target pollution 'pushing our planet to the brink,' EPA Administrator Michael Regan says

New weight loss drugs are reshaping a dieting industry built on eating less and exercising more

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that's “pushing our planet to the brink.”

Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines against HPV for free, and many public-school teachers ignore the requirement to teach sex ed

A new report says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza hosting the largest number of people facing famine

When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases

Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering another abortion-related case while a repeal of Arizona's abortion ban has picked up steam

The number of U.S. births fell last year

A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year

Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist

U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak

A new study finds little change in the number of people taking a key medicine for opioid addiction even though it’s now easier for doctors to prescribe it

It’s unclear exactly where the Supreme Court will land after hearing arguments about Idaho's abortion ban

The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer

Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent

Jill Biden has used the launch of the Wounded Warrior Project’s annual Soldier Ride from the White House lawn, a multiday bike ride, to stress the importance of supporting service members

Some public school teachers could gain new powers to bring concealed guns into Tennessee schools

The patient was not considered a candidate for traditional organ transplants.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have announced legislation aimed at helping Arizonans access abortions after the Arizona Supreme Court allowed a near total-ban to move forward

U.S. agriculture officials say dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus in an effort to track and control the growing outbreak

Allergy season is here, but it doesn't have to make you miserable

A small nicotine pouch called Zyn is sparking big debates about the benefits and risks of new products from tobacco companies

How to avoid contracting it and how to treat it.

A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart

The patient was not considered a candidate for traditional organ transplants.

U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time

The European Union says it will investigate whether China is using unfair methods to deprive companies in Europe of access to its market for medical devices

Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also are questioning the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients

U.S. health officials say samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows

Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and S...

U.S. health officials are warning of counterfeit Botox injections after more than 20 people got sick

Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc have helped the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide

Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider how far state abortion bans can extend to women in medical emergencies

Unlike recent years when there was an LGBTQ+ ally in the Louisiana governor's office, nothing stands in the way this year of legislation hostile to transgender people

Nearly a third of American adults don't get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night