Doctors say just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus.

The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.

A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died.

U.S. regulators have approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy.

The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries.

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.

Speaker Mike Johnson has stayed on message that a Republican health care package will help all Americans and not just those on Affordable Care Act plans.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data.

New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

The city of Cape Canaveral will decide whether to send a letter to the state, demanding a public hearing over whether to renew a permit for Blue Origin that would allow it to dump discharge waters that flow to the Indian River Lagoon.

In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the eye of conservationists.

Police say suspected militants have opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, killing the officer and a passerby.

Another five Central Florida eateries were forced to shut down, and they all reportedly shared one feature in common: rodent droppings.

California is hiring former senior Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials to help launch a public health initiative in response to the Trump administration's changes to health guidance.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to four top retail stores for failing to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous outbreak from their shelves.

U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a drug that boosts libido in women who report stress due to a low sex drive.

It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages.

British pop star Cliff Richard has been given the all-clear after treatment for prostate cancer.

Authorities say Pakistan has launched the final nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year, aiming to protect 45 million children after more than two dozen cases of the potentially paralyzing disease were reported.

When the flu strikes, one of the biggest concerns is how long you might be contagious.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week.

King Charles III says that early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year.

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most others.

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”.