Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping actions in his second administration.

Missouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban.

About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure and too few have it under control.

Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerous amounts of opioids.

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life.

Pope Francis has fallen and hurt his right arm.

Many U.S. adults are skeptical about President-elect Donald Trump's ability to bring down costs.

If you are trying to drop pounds, fasting for weight loss has probably crossed your mind, in part because you've probably seen intermittent fasting all over your social media and in the news.

U.S. regulators are banning the dye called Red 3 from the food supply.

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink.

On a Monday afternoon at Othership in New York City, 60 people gather in a room armed with bathing suits, water bottles, and a "willingness to evolve."

New research suggests that Americans' risk for developing dementia over a lifetime may be higher than previously thought.

Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to move deeper into treating central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies.

The wildfires tearing through Los Angeles have taken lives and thousands of homes.

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies.

Spend a while scrolling through social media, especially TikTok, and odds are you’ll encounter someone enthusiastically sharing their experience with a new fitness program or weight loss regimen.

Once again, it’s flu season in Florida. But the data shows that some areas are getting hit harder than others.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider some reinstating preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court.

The District of Columbia is suing the federal government over pollution in the Anacostia River, hoping it will lead to a cleanup of the urban waterway.

A U.S. intelligence report finds no evidence linking a foreign power to the mysterious “Havana syndrome” injuries experienced by U.S. personnel.

Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily passed a major symbolic climate threshold.

With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, people are taking precautions: wearing masks, buying air purifiers and staying indoors.

Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic.

Setting boundaries at work can be tricky.

Human connection keeps us healthy, but many Americans report feeling lonely and isolated.

Xavier Becerra's unwavering support for the Affordable Care Act helped land him the top job at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, running a $1.7 trillion agency that is responsible for nearly half of the country’s health insurance, developing vaccines and inspecting foods on supermarket shelves.