Health

When the Food and Drug Administration recently convened a committee of advisers to assess a cardiac device made by Abbott, the agency didn’t disclose that most of them had received...

A 28-year-old Dutch woman is slated to be euthanized next month because of her struggles with mental illness after her psychiatrist said her condition will never improve. Zoraya ter Beek...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert following confirmation of a person becoming infected with avian influenza, also known as bird flu. The...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Friday to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza — aka...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced updates on Thursday to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans for the contract year 2025. The changes aim to enhance protections...

Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection has announced its first human case of B virus in a rare incidence of a virus being transmitted from animals to humans. The centre...

Anna Paquin used a cane while walking the red carpet with husband Stephen Moyer for a New York film premiere. Paquin, who was at the premiere of her new film,...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil’s...

The World Health Organisation has condemned Israel for destroying Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital. Margaret Harris, a WHO spokesman, said on Tuesday that the hospital complex was now completely destroyed. “Destroying Al-Shifa...

The Food and Drug Administration is facing backlash over its approval of a genetic test intended to determine if a person is at increased risk for opioid addiction.  The test,...