Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has 1,288 cases since the beginning of the year. That’s higher …

Mattel has introduced its first Barbie doll with representing someone with Type 1 diabetes. The doll, part of the Fashionistas line, includes realistic medical accessories like a continuous glucose …

Protesters are rallying against the closure of a major gender-affirming care center for kids and teenagers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The center is shuttering at the end of this month …

This year is the worst for measles spread in the U.S. since 1991. The news comes as Missouri has become the 18th state with an outbreak in 2025. Other states with active outbreaks include Arizona, …

Elaborate, multistep shower routines are all over social media. They can inspire people to spending endless amounts of time sudsing up. But those routines can harm your skin and the environment. …

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows. Flash floods deluged homes, campgrounds and an all-girls summer camp …

President Joe Biden’s White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office. Dr. Kevin O’Connor invoked his rights …

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths. Wednesday's study by researchers at Imperial …

A U.S. Senate committee has approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Senate’s health committee voted 12-11 …

The US is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, CDC says.

Biden's former doctor refuses to answer questions in House testimony, citing patient privilege and the Fifth Amendment.

When the onetime director of a Gaza Strip hospital was killed by an Israeli airstrike, he joined a growing list of prominent Palestinian doctors who have died during 21 months of war that has …

Pharmaceutical giant Merck is buying Verona Pharma, a company that concentrates its efforts on respiratory diseases, in an approximately $10 billion deal. Merck said Wednesday that one of its …

Switzerland’s medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants. It's billed as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of …

A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into several U.S. universities’ computer systems to steal COVID-19-related research. Federal prosecutors and the FBI in Houston said …

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy. The court ruled Tuesday that a Republican-controlled legislative committee’s rejection of a …

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents. The Environmental …

A new AP-NORC poll finds most Americans do not want the government to focus on increasing birth rates, despite efforts by the Trump administration to make this a priority. Instead, people want the …

Roseline Phay is a farmer in the West African nation of Liberia. She is pregnant after she could no longer find contraceptives when the Trump administration abruptly ended foreign aid via USAID this …

Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen has had successful surgery after breaking a collarbone during the crash-marred third stage of the Tour de France. Philipsen was knocked over by Frenchman Bryan …