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Often misunderstood and misrepresented, obsessive-compulsive disorder affects millions of people in deeply personal and sometimes invisible ways. ABC News' Phil Lipof reports.

Vaccines using mRNA technology have been studied for decades, experts say.

Reproductive rights advocates are suing Arizona to unravel several laws regulating abortion access in the state

Work requirements for Medicaid recipients, hospitals checking citizenship status, food assistance cuts and other measures in the budget passed by the U.S. House would rearrange the U.S. social safety net

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter

A much-anticipated White House report about childhood diseases has provoked a tug-of-war that’s pitted farmers and some prominent Republican lawmakers against health secretary Robert F

A person attended a Shakira concert at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey while infectious with measles

Some say annual booster shots are not worth the risk for healthy people.

Dr. Raynard Washington, epidemiologist and health director in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, discusses new guidelines from the FDA.

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Some studies have shown that children with autism are more at risk of drowning

A spokesperson for the former president addressed Joe Biden's history with PSA tests and revealed he received his last blood test in 2014.

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 500 illnesses last year

Las Vegas police have identified the two people killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas athletic club, including the suspected shooter

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Sloan Kettering’s prostate cancer section head, Dr. Michael J. Morris, on what former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis means and what treatment may look like.

ABC News Live Prime looks at the prevalence of prostate cancer among men, who is most likely to be diagnosed and the chances of survival.

The creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two years ago over the creator's racist comments, says he has been diagnosed with the same aggressive prostate cancer as former President Joe Biden

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps

Prostate cancer can be found and diagnosed in its later stages, experts said.

Investigators are combing through the writings of a 25-year-old man believed responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic over the weekend

The announcement that Joe Biden has prostate cancer is the latest example of how the final chapters of his political career have been shaped by the disease

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men.

Arif Kamal, chief patient officer at the American Cancer Society, discusses former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis.

The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the most serious crises of its 77-year history in the wake of Trump administration funding cuts and plans to withdraw the United States

Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer for Hers, joins ABC News Live to discuss the first-of-its-kind approach to gene-editing.

Fitness and health expert Denise Austin and her daughter Katie Austin join ABC News Live to spread a message about staying fit no matter your age.

The American Cancer Society’s Dr. Arif Kamal joins ABC News Live to discuss the findings of an alarming new study that shows that early-onset cancer rates are rising in younger Americans.

ABC News medical contributor Alok Patel discuses the gene-editing treatment that could help those with rare genetic diseases.

The test is for older Americans already exhibiting signs of Alzheimer's.

Attention spans are shrinking, with research showing the average person's has declined from 2.5 minutes in 2004 to 47 seconds now

Cuts to Medicaid could increase the number of uninsured.

Health officials are urging vigilance as reports of bird flu cases in humans appear to have stopped

The majority of cases are among those unvaccinated or with unknown status.

A federal judge says the government must stop slashing billions in money for public health departments

The goal is to reuse key parts of the treatment and simply swap in a custom set of instructions for each patient's specific gene mutation, doctors say.

Infant twins suffered from malnutrition in Nigeria

ABC News’ Steve Osunsami spoke with the founder of free mental health app WhiteFlag, which is helping connect users like ex-Miss Teen SC Caitlin Upton and former “Bachelor” star Colton Underwood.

The law is set to go into effect on July 1.

The rare genetic disease kills 50% of babies diagnosed with it by early infancy.

World champion swimmer Ryan Murphy is on a mission to raise awareness about water safety.

For now, the referendum is set to appear on a ballot in 2026.

As mental health awareness increases, so are conversations about about what constitutes toxic behavior at work and the kinds of treatment people won't tolerate for a steady paycheck

Missouri lawmakers have approved a referendum seeking to repeal an abortion-rights amendment passed by voters six months ago

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water

Kennedy said his "opinions about vaccines are irrelevant."

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the massive cuts to the department's workforce and laid out his priorities for the Trump administration's proposed budget.

Republicans again have their eyes on Medicaid, the government health program.

Allergy sufferers say their conditions have gotten worse. Human-amplified climate change may be playing a part.

Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States in 2024 to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new CDC report published Wednesday morning.