The Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.

Mexico, Chile and Uruguay have halted poultry imports from Brazil after the country confirmed its first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm.

The U.S. is up to 1,024 confirmed measles cases.

Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, has confirmed the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm.

U.S. health officials have endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s.

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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state is staring down an $12 billion budget deficit.

Republicans and Democrats alike are questioning the deep staffing cuts, research funding freezes and policy changes U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by agreeing with the earliest interpretation offered of when a heartbeat starts.

President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find love.

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

U.S. health officials are announcing an effort to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, citing possible health risks.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order protecting the privacy of autism-related health data.

The U.S. government is advising that international travelers age 60 and older not get a chikungunya vaccine as it investigates possible side effects.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has described as “unfair” the decision by the Trump administration to suspend imports of Mexican beef cattle for 15 days due to the detection of screwworm in shipments.

President Donald Trump says he’ll sign an executive order that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications.

Federal officials say at least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several items.

A new study shows that people Zepbound lost about 50% more weight than those using Wegovy.

An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester quietly closed last month.

U.S. officials have approved the first cervical cancer test that allows women to collect their own sample at home.

The FDA says it will allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation's food supply.

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, has appeared on numerous wellness and right-wing podcasts over the past year.

President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Two years after a Louisiana mother donated her kidney to her daughter, the duo graduated together from nursing school.

The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify.

New analysis shows the number of measles cases reported in the U.S. this year just surpassed 1,000.

The nation’s infant mortality rate is falling.

North Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak.

The United States will cut $50 million worth of medical aid a year to Zambia because of “systematic” theft of the aid in past years and the government’s failure to crack down on corruption.

A U.S.-based aid group says that Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza has forced the closure of its community soup kitchens.