Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.

Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election results.

A Missouri court has upheld a new state law that bans some gender-affirming health care for minors.

Officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services announced the first locally acquired case of dengue virus in 2024.

The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency is urging the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.

John McIntosh first injured his shoulder in the 1960s, and after living with pain for decades, he finally found relief using the alternative pain relief therapies offered at NexGenEsis Healthcare.

There’s no place like home for the holidays.

A federal appeals court says medical marijuana businesses in Mississippi don’t have the right to advertise on billboards or other places because marijuana itself remains illegal under federal law.

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.

Food safety experts say safely serving a holiday feast takes planning and know-how.

Donald Trump's health team picks include a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host.

The Turkish doctor at the center of an alleged fraud scheme that led to the deaths of 10 babies says he was a “trusted” physician.

Extreme weather is making power outages longer and more frequent across the U.S. People with health conditions who depend on medical devices powered by electricity are particularly vulnerable.

A family and community are mourning after a student athlete died on the first day of basketball practice at Cy-Fair ISD’s Thornton Middle School.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. health officials said a California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck and pork hock, feet and tongue.

Choosing a Medicare plan is a pivotal decision that impacts both your health and financial well-being. Each year, from October 15 to December 7, individuals have the opportunity to review and adjust their coverage for the upcoming year during the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period. Taking advantage of this time is essential, especially if your health situation, current plan, or budget has changed.

Most people taking popular drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight have shed significant pounds.

Health officials are confirming bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.

U.S. health officials say at least 19 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E.

Disabled rideshare users have for years reported having less access to Lyft and Uber than able-bodied people.

The Houston Zoo Lights, opening November 22, offers sensory-friendly options, including quiet paths and calming nooks, to accommodate children who may get overstimulated. December 2nd will feature a special sensory-friendly day with smaller crowds, softer music, and static lights.

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family statement sent to Australian media.

Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymore.

Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip are often eating just once a day, even in areas where aid groups have relatively more access than the isolated and heavily destroyed north.

Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms.

In a new report, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) unveiled growing health and environmental risks as plastics production facilities release toxic wastewater into Texas waterways.

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail.

Experts say people shopping for health insurance right now should look beyond price when searching for coverage for next year.

The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children.

Investigators said the man's family lives nearby and likes to hang around the area, so when someone recognized him they initially believed he had a seizure — but police said he has head and neck trauma.

Officials say Pakistan has detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year.

Vigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year.

Women's health advocates in Africa are worried that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will again invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that cuts off U.S. government funding for groups that offer abortion-related services.

Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.

Joy Gardner from Cypress, Texas, is on a health journey. In the last six weeks, she has already lost 30 pounds and has more energy than ever. Gardner credits the Innovative Lasers of Houston team for helping make her weight loss journey so simple.

The health study found medications commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction are associated with significant reductions in deaths, cardiovascular disease, and dementia

As we breathe, oxygen enters the bloodstream, is delivered to cells and removes carbon dioxide from our body. It’s an important job.

An Iowa-based group that strives to alleviate world hunger is announcing a leadership change as it works to expand its international focus.

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

23andMe, the popular at-home genetic testing company, has helped millions of people uncover their family roots and health risks through DNA analysis. Experts fear as the company faces financial issues they may sell the data.

Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among health care workers on trial accused of causing at least 10 infant deaths linked to a scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system.

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.

President-elect Donald Trump has quickly begun assembling his administration ahead of his anticipated inauguration.

Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to smog.

Croatia’s health minister and several others were detained on Friday on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation launched by the European prosecutor’s office.

Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29.

A U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people.

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President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F.

New rules require drugmakers to be clearer about explaining the risks and side effects of prescription drugs.

Deep breathing can be a simple and effective way to reduce stress.

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.

Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access.

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen.

At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E.

According to Dr. Masih Ahmed from Baylor College of Medicine, living in the sunny south puts us at risk of cataracts too.

Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week.

New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline.

Health experts say walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, bolster fitness and prevent disease.

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz says it's no longer serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools.

Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger.

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.

A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky.

The Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys.

There's some good news about sexually-transmitted diseases in newly released U.S. health data.

On average, men live 5 years less than women and more than 12% of men over 18 are in fair or poor health, according to Movember US. Men are also 24% less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year.

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda.

Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month.

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

An attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban.

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that.

Anti-abortion advocates say they will quickly dismantle some of President Joe Biden's abortion policies once President-elect Donald Trump makes his return to the White House next year.

The facility looks less like a hospital room with beautiful colors and the comforts of home. Patients attest to how children can thrive in a familiar, less clinical setting.

An expensive campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats has yielded mixed results.

A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Federal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu.

Health officials say it's important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to spread.

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue.

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British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa.

Traditional liver tumor treatments include surgery, chemo, and radiation. Now, doctors have a new tool in their toolbox to fight it, with a non-invasive procedure.

A British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and injected his mother’s boyfriend with poison presented as a COVID-19 vaccine has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.

RSV and norovirus cases are surging among children in Houston, with symptoms like coughing, sore throats, and congestion.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.

Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he's getting testy about it.

Legislation intended to ban today’s British children from ever legally being able to smoke has begun its journey through Parliament.

Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans.

The last three hospitals still partially functioning in northern Gaza have been encircled by Israeli troops and caught amid fighting for weeks.

Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations.

Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.”.

The debate over abortion rights is leading to expensive campaigns for state Supreme Courts in several states this year.

In a story published Nov. 1, 2024, about COVID-19 vaccines in Idaho, The Associated Press, citing Southwest Health District statistics, erroneously reported the number of COVID-19 vaccines the district provided in 2021 and 2024.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.

A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan, killing nine people including five nearby children.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.