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Poland’s health authorities are urging polio vaccinations for children after the virus was detected in Warsaw’s sewage during regular tests this month

Turkey Trots have become an enduring Thanksgiving tradition for many experienced runners and novices alike

Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among health care workers on trial accused of causing at least 10 infant deaths linked to a scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system

Poultry on a commercial farm in England have been infected with the bird flu virus

Dozens of people across 18 states were infected after eating organic whole and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms, according to the CDC.

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Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer of Hers, joins ABC News Live to discuss how to maintain weight loss during the holiday season.

A different strain of the virus was responsible for a 2022 global outbreak.

Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and former Baltimore health commissioner, discusses the qualifications of RFK Jr. to lead HHS and the health impacts of fluoridating water.

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo

Kelley Kitley, licensed clinical social worker and author, discusses how seasonal changes may affect your mood, and how best to cope.

Kennedy has previously falsely claimed that vaccines cause autism.

In 2022, Maryland passed a law expanding who could offer abortion care.

Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks

There’s one exercise group that says you really can keep up with outdoor workouts through the winter

Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious disease at South Shore Health, discusses why vaccine development should continue to be protected.

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against a legislative subpoena that lawmakers used to stave off the execution of Robert Roberson

Dr. Alok Patel discusses the World Health Organization report which found that nearly 107,500 people died from measles worldwide in 2023.

Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to smog

Croatia’s health minister and several others were detained on Friday on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation launched by the European prosecutor’s office

Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29

A U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with epidemiologist and ABC News contributor Dr. John Brownstein on the medical community’s reaction to RFK Jr.’s nomination to lead HHS.

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President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus

Google Search data has shown that searches for “birth control” and “Plan B” doubled between Nov. 2 and Nov. 7.

Trump walked back comments on restricting contraceptives on the campaign trail.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F

Trump expected to choose Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccine skeptic, as health secretary, AP sources say

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting the drug

Nearly 107,500 people died from measles worldwide in 2023, the report found.

A nonprofit dedicated to opposing diversity initiatives in medicine has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the requirements surrounding the racial makeup of key medical boards in Tennessee

New rules require drugmakers to be clearer about explaining the risks and side effects of prescription drugs

Deep breathing can be a simple and effective way to reduce stress

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said.

Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen

At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E

Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week

Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the country’s east

New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline

Health experts say walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, bolster fitness and prevent disease

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are set to meet today in the Oval Office, marking a return to the traditions that demonstrate American democracy's peaceful transfer of power.

Seven-year-old Halima Abou Yassine was brought to Lebanon from Gaza for treatment after an Israeli strike left her near death with a gaping wound in her skull

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz says it's no longer serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools

Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abor...

The family of a security guard who was fatally shot at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, has sued the facility for $35 million

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu