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Tondra Madruga named as second victim in deadly capsizing as police continue search for two missing people...

Mayo Clinic, one of the world’s most well-known hospital systems, is using AI in hopes of improving patient care and, ultimately, saving lives.

Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.

Mitch McConnell says post-polio syndrome caused a fall that left him briefly unconscious, followed by pneumonia, but his return date remains unclear.

Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce mortality rates...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear demands Sen. Mitch McConnell reveal his undisclosed medical condition as the 84-year-old remains absent from the Senate.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal is said to be in "dire" condition, according to attorneys during an emergency court hearing.

He is best known for leading Maine through the pandemic.

Rumors have swirled as the senior Republican senator remains hospitalized.

Environmental protection agency and independent studies have found food biggest source of chemical exposure...

A trove of emails offers a new look at how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention navigated some of the most controversial decisions of President Trump's second term.

A certain 79-year-old got their hands on the powerful GLP-1, which has not been FDA-approved.

The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in early September.

In a unanimous decision, the justices ruled in favor of a Texas man who was prosecuted under a federal law prohibiting habitual drug users from owning guns.

The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.

The health secretary says cruise passenger Angela Perryman has to stay isolated in Nebraska despite a CDC report advising otherwise.

Luigi Mangione's lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A 23-year-old man was taken into custody in Philadelphia Tuesday, hours after a fatal shooting prompted a Wilmington, Delaware, hospital into lockdown and forced employees to barricade themselves inside rooms.

Louisiana’s case against the FDA is not just about one drug.

The Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act offers red tape, courtroom fights, and a head start for Beijing.

Decades before Covid-19 appeared, AIDS tore through the US, but there was little help for the most vulnerable communities.

“Officers heard gunfire coming from the building and worked quickly to secure and clear the area,” Midland Police Chief Snow said in a statement.

Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.

As Trump officials take aim at vaccine schedule, scientists encouraged by companies’ desire to continue coverage...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated little interest in managing his sprawling department as he focuses on food and vaccine policies, according to colleagues.

Fans of pro-vaccine warrior Richard Pan are biting their nails as votes trickle in.

Attack brings death toll to at least 207 since administration began targeting people it calls ‘narcoterrorists’...

The neighborhood that makes America’s clothes has been buffeted by ICE raids and post-Covid problems – but leaders say hope is on the horizon...

Earlier this year, the CDC announced updated recommendations that would reduce the number of recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11.

Executive order recognizes health department assessment as guide for federal government for childhood vaccines...

In a new memoir, Jill Biden describes her own shock and fear over the president’s calamitous performance.

Military claims boat targeted in second deadly attack this week was travelling along a known smuggling route...

"I repeatedly said something was wrong, but my concerns were dismissed.”...

Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it's not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina's Martin County to reopen its only hospital.

The move targets at least one New York hospital in an effort to ostracize transgender Americans, critics warn...

In a nearly two-hour conversation, Mr. Biden discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and Ms. Owens apologized for her past remarks about him.

Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, Congress failed to make a deal to keep the coverage more affordable.

An American medical missionary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was evacuated after testing positive for Ebola.

El director general de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declaró que el brote de la enfermedad del ébola en la República Democrática del Congo y Uganda es una emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional, tras registrarse más de 300 presuntos casos y 88 muertes.

Zocalo Health, a clinic in Los Angeles, screens all its patients for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. It documented a marked increase in those conditions since ICE enforcement actions began.

Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg said she did not know who had fired her or why, but the dismissal came amid tumult at the agency in recent days.

A third of patients in a clinical trial had tumors shrink while taking a genetically engineered treatment known as RP1.

A new Ebola outbreak in a remote province in Congo has caused 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases so far, Africa CDC says.

Louisiana had sued the FDA in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely...

What you should know about the federal government’s pilot program offering GLP-1s solely for weight loss.

Just six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonstop global media coverage is now focused on a new concern: Hantavirus.

Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, a former national police chief, has sought refuge in the senate.

Marty Makary has served as Food and Drug Administration commissioner since March 2025.

Users have wagered nearly $3 million on the odds of a hantavirus pandemic.

The president thinks "smaller shots" will offer "much better results with autism."...

It was the first known strike ordered on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in May as part of Operation Southern Spear.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has faced criticism over his leadership of the agency that oversees vaccine and drug approvals.

The U.S. military's latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Friday while leaving one survivor.

Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.

Jim O'Neill, a longevity enthusiast and vaccine skeptic, is Trump's pick to head the National Science Foundation...

A Reuters review found the number of U.S. drug, gun and other prosecutions fell sharply as investigators focused on immigration and about half the federal prosecutors in Minnesota left.

The American Psychiatric Association says too few patients can access comprehensive mental health care in the United States. It welcomes new investments in improving access to evidence-based care.

The attack was the second in two days, and the latest in an ongoing campaign against people the United States says are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.

The Supreme Court temporarily restored telehealth and mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone on Monday, responding to an emergency appeal that warned of potential chaos for patients who had appointments to access the drug.

The Trump administration falsely claims that boat strikes target fentanyl and have halted 97 percent of cocaine shipments to the U.S.

Statement says Rudy Giuliani remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition as supporters rally with prayers.

Millions of lives are at stake.

On Thursday the Justice Department announced a reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana. CNN’s Paula Reid explains what the new Schedule III classification means for medical and recreational marijuana. Discover more videos, including live streams and exclusive storytelling, on our Watch ...

Class A drugs, illegal cigarettes and vapes - just some of the items for sale on the British high street. We go undercover to expose the under-the-counter crime sweeping the country.

Carfentanil, a weapons-grade chemical that authorities say is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl, has seen a drastic resurgence across the U.S., killing hundreds of unsuspecting drug users.

Twelve million people lost coverage for Zepbound over the last year. The same number of people lost coverage for Wegovy, according to an analysis by GoodRx, a drug discount website.

In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States.

During the second week of April, 71 out of every 100,000 emergency room visits were for tick bites, according to the agency.

The two Americans were killed Sunday when their vehicle crashed while returning from an operation led by Mexico’s armed forces to dismantle drug labs in Chihuahua state.

The rapper says she felt faint while performing in the Broadway show and was later diagnosed with "extreme exhaustion".

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Tuesday that Israel was “openly and unashamedly bombing pharmaceutical companies.”...

More than 400 hospitals across the country are in danger of closing or reducing services because of cuts to Medicaid funding under the GOP’s massive reconciliation package last year, according to n…...