Latest Health Headlines

• Aug 18

  • McCain completes round of radiation, chemo for brain cancer

    The daughter of U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona says the 80-year-old lawmaker has completed the first round of radiation and chemotherapy as he...

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Correction: Abortion-Oregon story

    Correction: Abortion-Oregon story

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign

    UNICEF completes first round of vaccination campaign following polio outbreak in eastern Syrian provinces

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Parents link concussion with football, but ignore other contact sports: survey

    Parents need to be aware other contact sports also pose concussion risks.

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Amid India oxygen scandal, docs want focus on encephalitis

    A national outcry over an Indian hospital's oxygen shortage highlights encephalitis outbreaks that kill and disable thousands of children, spiking...

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Vietnam battles dengue outbreaks with 42 percent more cases

    Vietnam is battling raging dengue fever outbreaks with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past three weeks stretching its medical...

    Aug 18

• Aug 17

  • 3 charities cancel Mar-a-Lago events amid Trump backlash

    Three charities are canceling fundraisers at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort as the president faces a backlash from his comments about violence in...

    Aug 17

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• Aug 17

  • Scientists tout positive findings in peanut allergy pill study

    The pill is a mix of probiotics and tiny amounts of peanut to build tolerance.

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • FDA OKs Pfizer drug for rare, fast-killing type of leukemia

    FDA approves new medicine for use against a rare, rapidly progressing blood cancer after other treatments have failed

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • EpiPen maker finalizes settlement for government overcharges

    Mylan agrees to pay $465 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it overcharged Medicaid for EpiPens

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • The Latest: France issues list of products with tainted eggs

    France's government, facing pressure for more transparency amid Europe's egg scandal, has released a list of products pulled from supermarkets because...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Overdoses on the road: Drugged driving rises as a menace

    Police say people with addictions often buy drugs, shoot up immediately and are driving when they overdose

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Cambodian medic who spread HIV asks for court's mercy

    Unlicensed Cambodian medical practitioner, sentenced to 25 years in prison for infecting more than 100 villagers with HIV, admits mistake, says he...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Father charged in baby boy's fatal overdose of opioid combo

    An Ohio man has been charged in the fatal drug overdose of his 1-year-old son

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • New study offers hope for early Lyme disease diagnosis

    Researchers differentiated Lyme disease from similar tick-borne illnesses.

    Aug 17

• Aug 16

  • White House: Gov't to make health law payments this month

    The White House says President Donald Trump will make August payments to insurers under the health-care law he wants to repeal and replace.

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • 'Healthy Living for Summer': Travel tips for eating smart and staying active

    Staying on track with your health while vacationing or traveling this summer.

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Express Scripts to limit opioids; doctors concerned

    Nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager will soon limit opioids prescribed to first-time users; American Medical Association criticizes move

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Austria orders recall of unapproved cancer drug

    Austrian authorities have ordered a recall of a cancer medication that was put on the market without proper approval

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Is it really Lyme? Researchers developing a new test to tell

    Diagnosing if a tick bite caused Lyme or something else can be difficult but scientists are developing a new way to catch the disease early _ using a...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Cholera in Yemen: What you need to know

    Cholera has infected half a million people in Yemen so far this year.

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Belgium joins legal action against tainted egg 'cheats'

    Belgium's Agriculture Minister Denis Ducarme says the government will join in legal action against those responsible for the egg contamination...

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • US teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline

    A new report finds drug overdose deaths among US teens have inched up after years of decline

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Study: Fat but fit still face higher heart disease risk

    Researchers found a higher heart disease rate among people who are obese

    Aug 16

• Aug 16

  • Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies

    Congressional Budget Office: Higher premiums, fewer insurance options if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies

    Aug 16

• Aug 15

  • Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies

    Congressional Budget Office: Higher premiums, fewer insurance options if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • Oregon governor expands abortion, reproductive coverage

    Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed into law what proponents called America's most progressive reproductive health policy

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • Court: State can't vaccinate kids in temporary custody

    The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the state's child welfare agency cannot vaccinate children placed temporarily in its custody when the...

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • South Carolina sues drug manufacturer over opioid crisis

    South Carolina is the latest state to accuse a drug manufacturer of exacerbating its opioid drug crisis by using deceptive marketing

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • Lawsuit accuses drug manufacturer of worsening opioid crisis

    South Carolina is the latest state to accuse a drug manufacturer of exacerbating its opioid drug crisis by using deceptive marketing

    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • Study links a lack of sleep in children with increased Type 2 diabetes risk

    What parents should know about the new research on Type 2 diabetes.

    Aug 15

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  Aug 15

  • Woman speaks out after 11 people in her family get breast cancer

    "I felt like the monster was chasing us," she told ABC News.

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    Aug 15

• Aug 15

  • How to eat right when you are feeling stressed

    Nutritionist Kelly LeVeque shares what to eat in order to feel your best.

    Aug 15

• Aug 14

  • Jury chosen for fraud case retrial due to sleeping attorney

    A jury has been chosen in the case of a Pennsylvania businessman accused of mortgage fraud who won a new trial because the judge, witnesses and jurors...

    Aug 14

• Aug 14

  • New life for Medicaid after GOP's health care debacle

    A 1960s Great Society program, Medicaid gets new life after Republican health care bill collapses

    Aug 14

• Aug 14

  • Police try out new database for documenting opioid overdoses

    Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database documenting opioid overdoses they hope will help departments share information in real time and get...

    Aug 14

• Aug 14

  • 'Motivated' podcast: How Colin O'Brady climbed seven summits and two poles

    How mountain climber Colin O'Brady shattered a record breaking challenge to climb seven summits and two poles.

    Aug 14

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• Aug 12

  • Lawmaker seeks probe after AP reveals maggots in NY facility

    AP Exclusive: A New York state lawmaker is seeking a federal investigation into facilities for the disabled after an Associated Press story revealed...

    Aug 12

• Aug 12

  • Experts: Herd immunity outside US slows Zika in Florida

    Health officials say a drop in Zika cases in the Caribbean and South America has helped slow the spread of the mosquito-borne virus in Florida this...

    Aug 12

• Aug 12

  • 35 children die in north Indian hospital in 3 days

    Parents of at least 35 children who have died in a state-run hospital in northern India over the past three days have alleged that the fatalities were...

    Aug 12

• Aug 12

  • Doughnut shop blamed for Ohio norovirus outbreak to reopen

    Health officials in Ohio say a doughnut shop blamed for a norovirus outbreak that has sickened more than 400 people will be allowed to reopen

    Aug 12

• Aug 12

  • Montana's Health Co-op remains standing as others falter

    Montana's health care co-op resumes accepting new enrollees on Sunday after it voluntarily pulled itself from the state's insurance marketplace in...

    Aug 12

• Aug 12

  • Parents test school liability in bullying and child suicide

    The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie are testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed...

    Aug 12