Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eating

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New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots

25 days ago

New salmonella outbreak tied to same Florida grower with tainted cucumbers last year

25 days ago

Nebraska to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP under first USDA waiver

26 days ago

RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway

26 days ago

Biden's sudden diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer is unfortunately all too common

26 days ago

FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

28 days ago

WHO adopts a 'pandemic agreement' after the chaos of COVID

25 days ago

After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war

26 days ago

Easily distracted? How to improve your attention span

28 days ago

What's that rash? Put some thought into asking Google for medical help

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Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here's how to cope with in-flight anxiety

1 month ago

Spring allergies are back. Here's how to check pollen levels and keep from sneezing

1 month ago

Believers say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to measure the claims

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Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia

2 months ago

Boys with cancer can face infertility as adults. Can storing their stem cells help?

2 months ago

Black women's hair products are in the safety spotlight. Here's what to know

2 months ago

Do you eat a meal in 20 minutes or less? It might be time to slow down

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This cutting edge hair loss treatment is a repurposed drug from the 1990s

2 months ago

How much sleep do you really need? Experts say it depends

3 months ago

Do you need fluoride treatment after a teeth cleaning? Dental experts weigh in

3 months ago

How daylight saving time could affect your health

3 months ago

How to practice healthy fasting during Ramadan

3 months ago

Does lip balm help chapped lips? Here's what to know

3 months ago

More adults are wondering if they have autism. Here are tips to seek a diagnosis

3 months ago

Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department

1 month ago

Texas' measles outbreak is starting to slow

29 days ago

Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak rippling out from Mennonite community

1 month ago

Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US

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FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.'s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS

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Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an 'extraordinary' healer

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RFK Jr.'s mixed message about the measles outbreaks draws criticism from health officials

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Translating what Kennedy's anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

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The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine

11 months ago

Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why

1 year ago

Here's why raw milk drinkers need to be concerned about bird flu in US dairy cows

11 months ago

The US hasn't seen a human bird flu case in 3 months. Experts are wondering why

27 days ago

Mexico, Chile and Uruguay halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak

28 days ago

Brazil confirms its first bird flu outbreak in a commercial poultry farm

29 days ago

US egg prices fall for the first time in months but remain near record highs

1 month ago

US egg prices increase to record high, dashing hopes of cheap eggs by Easter

2 months ago

Rocks, insects, plastic and other foreign objects often end up in our food. Here's how it happens

11 months ago

How Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban

1 month ago

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

1 month ago

Target baby food is recalled over lead contamination

1 month ago

Strict Idaho abortion ban loosened by judge's ruling on medical exemptions

2 months ago

Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination

2 months ago

There's a new push to put whole milk back in school meals. Here's what you should know

2 months ago

This country just banned junk food sales in schools

2 months ago

States move to ban or restrict use of synthetic dyes used in candies and cereal

2 months ago

Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's meals recalled for 'wood-like material' linked to choking

2 months ago

Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban

3 months ago

Proposal to ban lab-grown meat in Nebraska gets pushback from ranchers and farm groups

3 months ago

America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs

9 months ago

Europe offers clues for solving America's maternal mortality crisis

9 months ago

Rural communities of color across the US find new ways to get the health care they need

9 months ago

Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding

11 months ago

Takeaways from AP's report on what the US can learn from other nations about maternal deaths

9 months ago

Hundreds of places in the US said racism was a public health crisis. What's changed?

9 months ago

Takeaways from AP's report on government programs tackling the US maternal death crisis

9 months ago

Need a pharmacy? Finding access depends on the states and neighborhoods you live in

1 year ago

Rural pharmacies fill a health care gap in the US. Owners say it's getting harder to stay open

1 year ago

Being a patient is getting harder in a strained and complex US health care system

1 year ago

Meet some of the world's cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

10 months ago

How a family's choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants

11 months ago

FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

1 month ago

Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days

2 months ago

Organ transplant patient in Michigan dies from rabies

2 months ago

Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment

2 months ago

New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

4 months ago

The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months

4 months ago

Tired of long organ waitlists, these patients hope for a pig organ transplant

5 months ago

A transplanted pig kidney has freed her from eight years of dialysis

5 months ago

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

9 months ago

Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat

10 months ago

A woman who received a pig kidney transplant plus a heart pump has died

11 months ago

Cancer stole his voice. A rare larynx transplant brought it back

11 months ago

Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney

1 year ago

She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump

11 months ago

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

11 months ago

US surgeons transplant a gene-edited pig kidney into a patient for the first time

11 months ago

Surgeons have performed the world's first eye transplant

11 months ago

Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

11 months ago

FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease

29 days ago

Trump administration again blocked from cutting billions in federal health money

29 days ago

Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

30 days ago

US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

1 month ago

FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove ingestible fluoride products used to protect kids' teeth

1 month ago

US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine

1 month ago

Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs

1 month ago

Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic

1 month ago

FDA will allow three new color additives made from minerals, algae and flower petals

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US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots

1 month ago

Cancer before age 50 is increasing. A new study looks at which types

1 month ago

Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general

1 month ago

Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot

1 month ago

Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

1 month ago

What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores

1 month ago

Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings

1 month ago

New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says

1 month ago

Rite Aid returns to bankruptcy protection as it seeks to sell most assets

1 month ago

How cruise ship passengers can stay safe from the latest version of norovirus

1 month ago

Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

1 month ago

A community rallied to share flu shot experiences. Then the government stopped the study

1 month ago

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years

1 month ago

Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says

1 month ago

Lilly star weight-loss drug Zepbound faces coverage challenge from CVS Health

1 month ago

FDA to rehire fired staffers who booked inspection trips, but other workers remain in limbo

1 month ago

Trump's health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care

1 month ago

CVS Health rides improving Medicare business to better-than-expected first quarter

1 month ago

US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say

1 month ago

What makes a Kentucky Derby champion? Big hearts, immense lungs and powerful legs

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FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

1 month ago