Health

A Florida GOP state senator who supports legalizing marijuana has floated a bill that would prohibit people from lighting up on the streets. State Sen. Joe Gruters announced the potential legislation...

Investing just 3% of your time each day in exercise could help you live a longer, healthier life, a physiologist told Business Insider. Nathan K. LeBrasseur, director of the Robert...

At least two countries outside of Africa have reported mpox cases after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the virus had become a “public health emergency” earlier this week....

The World Health Organization’s decision to declare mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years may seem like déjà vu — but there are key differences...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday recommended increased vigilance against a new virus variant that is likely to spread quickly, it said. “Due to frequent...

In the days and weeks leading up to Matthew Perry’s death, the actor used large amounts of ketamine — the drug responsible for his death — supplied by a web...

Pakistan has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus, a day after Sweden confirmed an infection with a more easily spread and deadlier variant linked to a recent...

Some health care providers say they’re starting to feel more comfortable prescribing compounded versions of the blockbuster weight loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound, even as others have lingering concerns about...

Jimmy Kimmel Live! helped a few actors (er, Jeff Goldblum impersonators?) qualify for union health insurance during Thursday night’s episode. Guest host Goldblum introduced a segment to the audience in...

US drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics is cutting most of its staff after the Food and Drug Administration rejected its MDMA drug for mental health treatments. Lykos will lay off 75% of...