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The story of “King,” who doesn't disclose his real name, is similar to that of many vulnerable Brazilians in recent years

Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may help shape his health care agenda.

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa

A British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and tried to kill his mother’s boyfriend by injecting him with a fake COVID-19 vaccine that was poison has been sentenced to 31 years in prison

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration

Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he's getting testy about it

Legislation intended to ban today’s British children from ever legally being able to smoke has begun its journey through Parliament

Uncertainty about the election may be the main driver of stress, experts said.

Voters are getting a say on abortion policy in Tuesday's election with ballot measures and elections to offices from president to local prosecutors

An amendment to New York’s constitution could bar discrimination based on things including “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes.”

Nebraska has a record number of petition-initiated measures on the ballot, including two competing ones pertaining to abortion abortion rights

Arizona voters are set to decide whether to guarantee the right to abortion in the state constitution

There is disagreement over whether Medicare should be run by the private sector.

Dr. Alok Patel discusses the disease that has been diagnosed in “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was treated by paramedics Sunday after appearing to become unsteady at a campaign rally for congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson

The last three hospitals still partially functioning in northern Gaza have been encircled by Israeli troops and caught amid fighting for weeks

Orlando Harris’ family pleaded with police to confiscate the 19-year-old’s bullet-proof vest, ammunition and AR-15-style rifle

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Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.”

Trump previously said he has "concepts" of a health care plan.

The debate over abortion rights is leading to expensive campaigns for state Supreme Courts in several states this year

Maryland is the first state to sign an agreement with the federal government designed to improve health care and lower costs

A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board

The Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Susan Albers on how to take care of your mental health on Election Day, regardless of the outcome.

Turkish prosecutors accuse 47 doctors, nurses and other medical workers of killing 10 newborns since last year through neglect or malpractice that aimed to defraud the country’s medical system

A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan, killing nine people including five nearby children

A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushes air pollution to hazardous levels

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday

Louisiana’s new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a pharmacist, two women who had difficult pregnancies and others

Mississippi’s Republican legislative leaders say they plan to push for Medicaid expansion to cover working people who earn to little to afford private insurance

Some people who took a new schizophrenia drug for one year improved with only a few side effects, but many dropped out of the research

It’s no surprise that workers feel burned-out

Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025

Eleven cases have been reported in Los Angeles County so far this year.

The British government has apologized for the death of a 9-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed on her death certificate, after a decade-long battle that highlighted the risks vehicle emissions p...

The European Commission has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival company’s development of a competing me...

A ban on protesting outside abortion clinics has gone into effect in England and Wales

As voters in nine states determine whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions, opponents are using parental rights and anti-transgender messages to try to undermine support for the ballot proposals

Many refugees in Uganda are struggling to get by without the food assistance they once depended on

Dengue viruses spread through mosquito bites.

The right to abortion has been codified in Connecticut law since 1990, but U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is warning how women in the state could still be at risk if Republicans impose a national ban

Federal officials are reporting more cases of E

US health officials identify more E. coli cases linked to McDonald's and inspect an onion grower in Washington

Cases have been confirmed in 13 states so far, the CDC said.

Maine’s adult mental care facilities are ready to emerge from court oversight after an appointed specialist concluded the state is now in “substantial compliance” with the latest standards set by a court legal decree

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu

People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches

The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and are spending far more on ads