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The research will focus on conditions that disproportionately affect women.

A federal appeals court has asked West Virginia’s highest court whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance

UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted care billing systems

The announcement comes as part of President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, which is using federal resources to make progress on cancer research and treatment.

A New Hampshire man has appeared in court on charges that he killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child by means of multiple blunt force injuries, the first time the state has charged someone with murder in the death of a fetus

Carcinogen is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products.

Dr. Alok Patel previews Oprah Winfrey’s prime-time special on weight loss, including the medications helping many Americans achieve their own health goals.

An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U_S_ diplomats who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome.”

An attempt to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting in Gambia has been sent for further committee discussions by lawmakers

South Korean authorities have suspended the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations

Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid

State policies around this recovery process vary widely.

Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States

Researchers say this could lead to more targeted treatment approaches.

A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier

The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades

About 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine and more than 4 million require food aid

A Navajo state senator in Arizona says she's hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars

Dr. Patel discusses why we're seeing a measles outbreak around the country, marijuana use among high schoolers, and the importance of colorectal cancer screenings.

A federal judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons is considering whether to launch a third contempt-of-court proceeding against the state for failing to improve prisoner care

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill allowing signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures

Researchers hope that understanding more about the brain and how its different cells function could be the key to treating brain diseases.

U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022

ABC News contributor Dr. Alok Patel answers popular medical questions for skin cancer, strep throat and even magnesium supplements.

Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care

As the warmest winter on record in the U.S. wraps up, people are dealing with allergies earlier than usual. Dr. Darien Sutton gives his advice on how to deal with a longer allergy season.

Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in ...

Olivia Munn's breast cancer diagnosis is drawing attention to a frequently used breast cancer risk calculator

Republican legislators are close to banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Kansas over the Democratic governor’s expected veto

The report found that 82.1% of children who contracted MIS-C were unvaccinated.

A bill that sought to change wording in an existing Iowa law outlining the penalties for terminating a pregnancy has been shelved by a Republican lawmaker amid debate about its implications for in vitro fertilization

The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters an...

More than 82% of children with MIS-C in 2023 were unvaccinated against COVID.

Fungi that infect the lungs can take weeks to diagnose.

The latest outbreak in Chicago has led to eight cases so far.

ABC News medical unit producer Sony Salzman hosts a special episode of “Start Here” that dives into the potential global health threat of fungal infections.

The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions

Liberians are gathering to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa, adding to the region’s economic and political troubles

Tommy John surgery, like baseball itself, is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return

Vice President Kamala Harris has toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic that performs abortions and provides other reproductive care

A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate

Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county report they confirmed a staggering 645 heat-associated deaths last year

A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, offering a new kind of screening

Researchers revved up immune cells that shrank an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor when tested in a handful of patients

The Air Force is reporting the first data on cancer diagnoses among troops who worked with nuclear missiles

Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare

Texas man with polio who spent nearly all of his 78 years using an iron lung has died, longtime friend says

A Texas man who spent decades using an iron lung after contracting polio as a child has died at the age of 78

Eight people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week

Olivia Munn has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, thanking her doctors and urging fans to calculate their own risk assessment