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A fall trial has been set for a pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents

Mothers of two children with disabilities are suing an Indiana agency in federal court over changes to Medicaid attendant care services they say violate the Americans with Disabilities Act

Missouri Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution

Malone says it's 'buy and beware' when it comes to vitamins and supplements.

Teams of 35 international doctors, including 22 Americans, were trapped in Gaza after Israel seized the main crossing into Egypt and sealed off their way out

Abortion rights ballot initiatives will go before Colorado and South Dakota voters this November

A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law

Dr. Alok Patel shares health advice about screening for lead exposure, mouth taping for snoring, and "healthy" weight gain.

Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever

A scenic fishing village in southwestern England is on its third day under instructions to boil its tap water after a parasite sickened more than 45 people

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with former OB/GYN Dr. Sharon Malone on her new book ‘Grown Woman Talk’ to discuss how women over 40 should take care of themselves and being your best health advocate.

A federal judge is rejecting a lawsuit by a former Democratic congressman running for Georgia state Supreme Court who claims a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion

The Environmental Protection Agency watchdog says the agency distributed about $3 billion to states last year to replace harmful lead pipes based on unverified data

HPV is the most common STI in the U.S. and can lead to cervical cancer.

The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift in US drug policy

An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract

Medical examiner links spicy tortilla chips to death of Massachusetts teen who took part in social media challenge

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers

A South Korean court has ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions

Yonhap news agency says Seoul court has ruled in favor of the government’s plan to boost medical school admissions

A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year’s deadly wildfires on Maui has found that up to 74% of participants may have difficulty breathing and otherwise have poor respiratory health

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included ...

A new abortion clinic is going to open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state’s role as a regional hub for reproductive health services since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

The judge has refused to discard a $38 million verdict in the landmark trial about physical and sexual abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center

Walgreens said its generic version of Narcan will be priced at $34.99.

Five NHL players left their teams this season to receive care from an off-ice assistance program run by the league and union

South Africa's president has signed into law a bill that aims to overhaul the healthcare system to address deep inequality, but it faces legal challenges from critics

How gratitude practices can help boost your mood and mental health.

The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year

US government data shows the number of fatal overdoses fell last year

Overdose deaths involving opioids, including fentanyl, fell from 2022 to 2023.

If you’ve tried meditating but can’t sit still, you’re not alone

The World Health Organization has authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick sided with the majority in restoring an 1864 ban on nearly all abortions

Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found

A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months at a Chicago area hospital

He calls out mistakes in how EPA used sensor plane after Ohio derailment.

An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison

A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years

Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite an outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows

As AI moves into medicine, perhaps no one has more to gain or lose than radiologists, the doctors who review medical scans for signs of cancer and other diseases

A new survey says medical providers were prescribing abortion pills to about 8,000 women a month in states with abortion bans or bans on telehealth abortions by the end of 2023

Police across the United States have been warned for decades that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for too long

An Associated Press investigation found that police across the U.S. violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining people in hundreds of fatal encounters that didn’t involve a firearm

Arizona’s highest court has given the state’s attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban

A lawyer representing U.S. military families suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii is asking a judge to award plaintiffs a range of about $225,000 to about $1.25 million each in damages

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings