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Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year

The new federal data showed that vaccine rates for MMR, DTaP, polio and chickenpox fell nearly 0.5%.

Six U.S. companies will spend at least $350 million to manufacture medical gowns to store in the Strategic National Stockpile

Lisa Newman talks about breast cancer prevention and diagnosis discrepancies.

The shot wasn't as effective as the one used in the prior season, data shows.

Melania Trump has revealed her support for abortion rights ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir

Last year, 3.3% of kindergartners were exempt from one or more vaccines.

Health authorities say Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda

Authorities report at least nine people have died in a fire at a hospital in the island's south that is being battered by a typhoon

Taiwan hospital fire leaves at least 8 dead as typhoon batters island's south

South Korea is fighting a deluge of non-consensual, explicit deepfake videos and images primarily targeting women online

A look at the numbers behind breast cancer statistics and trends in the U.S. released by the American Cancer Society.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Dr. Lisa Newman, the chief of the Section of Breast Surgery and New York-Presbyterian about breast cancer prevention, early screenings and diagnosis discrepancies.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high

US kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year, and the proportion of children with exemptions hit an all-time high

Vance and Walz debated many topics, including insurance and reproductive rights.

Anti-abortion leaders say they're undeterred by Donald Trump's comments that he would veto a federal abortion ban

Authorities say heavy smoke is causing low visibility along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta from chemicals spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility

Hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities

A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier in the long run than the government calculates

Georgia's Republican attorney general is appealing a judge's ruling that the state's abortion ban is unconstitutional

Condom usage is down among teens and young adults in the U.S. Medical advancements, a fading fear of contracting HIV and widely varying degrees of sex education in high schools all contribute to the trend

Condom use is down among sexually active teens and young adults

Shares of Humana have tumbled after the health insurer said a Medicare Advantage quality rating drop will hurt future bonus payments the company receives

The civil defense forces of one of the world’s most war-torn nations are shocked at the destruction underway in Lebanon

One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August

Sex workers are among those hardest-hit by the mpox outbreak in eastern Congo's Kamituga town

India is one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of wheat and rice, but extreme weather is taking a toll on these vital crops

Walmart’s employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer’s insurance coverage

Organizers of an effort to expand medical marijuana in Arkansas are suing over the state's decision that it won't qualify for the ballot

Supply chain issues are now hitting health care facilities after Hurricane Helene. 

A plant that manufactures IV fluids said flooding was forcing it to close.

California will soon help end the everyday household debate over whether the food in the fridge is still good to eat

Paralyzed in a racing accident nearly 25 years ago, Sam Schmidt has spent much of the last quarter century trying to prove to others that there is a way to have a meaningful life with a traumatic spinal cord injury

A former financial manager for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is suing FanDuel for $250 million, saying the betting company preyed on his gambling addiction

A judge rolled back Georgia's abortion ban this week, but it's not expected to be the final word

California’s attorney general is suing a Catholic hospital, saying that Providence St. Joseph Hospital illegally denied emergency abortion care to a woman

Breast cancer surgeon and medical director at Pink Lotus Breast Center, Dr. Kristi Funk, discusses the findings of a new report on how breast cancer affects young women.

A chemical plant fire southeast of Atlanta is still causing trouble two days later

An effort to expand Arkansas' medical marijuana program has failed to qualify for the November ballot

Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it

Arkansas has sued YouTube and its parent company Alphabet, saying the video-sharing platform is deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth

Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores

A Georgia judge has struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy

Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy

Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre has filed a lawsuit against a U.S. Senate committee that pursued contempt charges against him for failing to appear before the panel despite being issued a subpoena

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it's working with state and local health authorities to provide additional public health and medical support in response to Hurricane Helene.

Federal resources and personnel are being deployed to the state.

A new report has found that nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse, as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prin...

Many people consider cutting down on meat for health, environmental or animal welfare reasons