European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease. A European Medicines Agency committee …
Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth. Experts say equal access to prenatal care, health disparities and racism …
Iranian doctors say that during last month’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, security agents swarmed hospitals in multiple cities, hunting for wounded protesters. The agents intimidated …
Iranian doctors say that during last month's deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, security agents swarmed hospitals in multiple cities, hunting for wounded protesters. The agents intimidated …
Argentine teens are gathering in Buenos Aires parks to dress and act like non-human animals. The so-called “therian” trend is exploding online with Argentina leading all other Latin American …
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 …
The United States signs a $1.2 billion health partnership with Congo that ties new funding to Congo spending more at home. On Thursday, the State Department says it provides up to $900 million over …
A Michigan mother is making and collecting soft, yarn toys that are being donated to the neonatal intensive care unit at a Detroit hospital. Joelle Haley already has crocheted about 20 colorful small …
The head of the Food and Drug Administration plans to start offering bonus payments to agency drug reviewers who complete their work ahead of the schedule. The pilot program was announced internally …
The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. But last year about half of the deceased organ donations came from people who died when their heart stopped beating …
Federal health officials say an infant botulism outbreak linked to recalled ByHeart baby formula is over. The CDC says no new cases have been reported since mid-December. Officials on Thursday said …
The East Tennessee Children's Hospital is now known as Dolly Parton Children's Hospital. Hospital officials say the name change, announced Thursday, promises to “transform pediatric care” in the …
The European Union has agreed to expand funding for citizens needing to leave their home countries to access safe abortions elsewhere in the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission said on Thursday …
Instagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in Instagram's …
Can chilling carbohydrates help you lose weight? It's complicated. Some wellness influencers have promoted a process called retrogradation. That's cooking, chilling, and then reheating …
King Harald V of Norway is being discharged from a hospital in Spain’s Canary Islands after treatment for a skin infection that prompted his admission earlier this week. The royal palace said that …
Jeff Galloway, a runner on the 1972 U.S. Olympic team, has died at age 80. Carissa Galloway said that her father-in-law had a hemorrhagic stroke and died Wednesday at a hospital in Pensacola, …
Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as …
Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Agriculture and Environment Minister Maria Panayiotou said Wednesday that European …
Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus. On Wednesday, UC …