Most tap water in the U.S. is safe to drink.

Last week, seven more restaurants across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

A major sewer pipe collapse has dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, highlighting a nationwide problem involving failing infrastructure.

The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

A new study in the journal Nature Cities shows that as temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting uncomfortable heat belowground increases.

A racially biased medical test for years kept Black people from getting kidney transplants.

Hims & Hers Health has agreed to stop selling compound versions of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs, ending for now a patent lawsuit.

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

A singing circle at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw helps people with dementia and other brain conditions connect through music.

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie, remains missing after nearly 40 days in Arizona.

Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the facility.

The Food and Drug Administration’s controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency.

Most people realize they are pregnant somewhere between four and 12 weeks into a pregnancy. However, according to The Cleveland Clinic, 1 in 475 pregnancies go unnoticed until 20 weeks into pregnancy, and 1 in 2,500 pregnancies go unnoticed until the baby is delivered.

A new study shows heat waves increasingly trigger sudden, severe droughts across the world as the planet warms.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is ordering Peru to pay compensation for a woman’s death tied to a forced sterilization program.

Losing an hour of sleep as daylight saving time kicks in can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day — it also could harm your health.

A Connecticut city has joined hundreds of others around the country that have installed new firehouse alarm systems that aim to reduce firefighters' stress when calls come in.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has come out in favor of a “medical freedom” bill that’s making its way through the state Legislature.

Last year, President Donald Trump promoted unproven ties between Tylenol and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition.

While the three-martini lunch seems improbable today, workplaces still can be boozy places.

President Donald Trump's administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in the state.

Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making time for conversations, validating their feelings and limiting exposure to frightening or inaccurate information.

The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a request for new warnings on antidepressant drugs, and that's presenting an unusual conflict of interest at the agency.

Last week, ten more restaurants across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

A new CDC analysis shows U.S. maternal deaths keep edging down.

The medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan.

Minnesota is suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending.

As people awoke to news over the weekend of the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran, it resulted in many feeling anxious and stressed.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.

The White House says a red spot on President Donald Trump’s neck comes from a prescribed skin cream.

A class action lawsuit was filed against CSX Transportation, seeking $50,000 after a massive tie fire in Dunnellon prompted a toxic smoke warning and a state of emergency.

Tech companies are pushing new health chatbots, but experts say you still need to talk to your doctor.

People with mobility and other limitations are getting the chance to experience birding through a movement that aims to make the hobby accessible to everyone.

New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money.

For Black people living with Tourette syndrome, a racial slur being shouted by someone with the disorder at the British Academy Film Awards has left them with complicated feelings.

Should marijuana users be able to own guns.

Social media is filled with influencers rating electrolyte supplements or even telling followers how to make their own.

Eddie Vedder uses two emotional solo concerts and a new Netflix film to push for a cure for epidermolysis bullosa.

The Pentagon has made a deal with Scouting America that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says would maintain their century-old partnership but refocus the organization away from “woke” policies.

European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease.

Target will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May.

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth.

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine.

The United States signs a $1.2 billion health partnership with Congo that ties new funding to Congo spending more at home.

The Florida Department of Health issued emergency rules Wednesday that will block thousands of Floridians from accessing their HIV medication.

A Michigan mother is making and collecting soft, yarn toys that are being donated to the neonatal intensive care unit at a Detroit hospital.

The head of the Food and Drug Administration plans to start offering bonus payments to agency drug reviewers who complete their work ahead of the schedule.

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead.

Federal health officials say an infant botulism outbreak linked to recalled ByHeart baby formula is over.

The East Tennessee Children's Hospital is now known as Dolly Parton Children's Hospital.

The European Union has agreed to expand funding for citizens needing to leave their home countries to access safe abortions elsewhere in the 27-nation bloc.

Can chilling carbohydrates help you lose weight.

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus.

Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds.

Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of what she calls “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the next surgeon general.

The U.S. will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after the African country withdrew from talks on a proposed $367 million bilateral funding deal.

Shampoos and conditioners can run from a few dollars to more than $100.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has started checking literacy skills during pediatric visits for kids as young as 3.

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine recommendations for children.

The California program that identifies and treats cases of dangerous infant botulism also comforts families by sending silly cards on their babies' first birthdays.

The United Nations and Somalia's government has said that nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger.

Officials say the deaths of 72 tigers at two tourist parks in northern Thailand are a result of canine distemper and not bird flu.

A bill making its way through the Legislature right now would introduce a new required subject in schools. And that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Last week, seven more restaurants across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

The longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia has resigned from a contributor's role at CBS News after his name surfaced in hundreds of documents released as part of the Epstein files.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his support for an executive order that would aim to boost the production of a controversial weedkiller ingredient called glyphosate, even though it is widening a political fault line for the administration ahead of the midterm elections.

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a system for approving customized drugs and medical treatments for patients with rare or hard-to-treat diseases.

More than 60 million women in the U.S. live with cardiovascular disease.

The British Academy Film Awards and BBC have apologized Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday’s show while two stars of the film “Sinners” were onstage.

The city of Sanford is set to move forward with a plan to fund a new water treatment plant designed to rid drinking water of dangerous chemicals.

Zimbabwe is one of the world's first countries to roll out lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention drug that is administered only twice a year.

Thousands of nurses at a major New York hospital system have approved a new contract, voting to end a strike after more than a month.

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.

The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years.

Cuban officials say a U.S. fuel blockade is pushing Cuba’s health system toward collapse and putting lives at risk.

A new advisory is out to beachgoers in Volusia County after tests revealed elevated levels of possible fecal bacteria in the water at two locations.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants.

The fatal nervous system disease known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed actor Eric Dane less than a year after he announced his diagnosis.

A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day.

A Portland, Oregon, company is recalling nearly 3.4 million pounds of frozen chicken fried rice products sold at Trader Joe's stores and in Canada.

Safely disposing of household batteries is good for the home and good for the environment.

Nurses on strike at a major New York City hospital system have reached a tentative deal to end a more than monthlong strike.

The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most.

A chlorine leak in The Villages on Thursday evening sparked a “Shelter in Place” order, according to first responders.

Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth following passage of a measure by the Wisconsin Assembly.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning restaurants and seafood markets, including here in Florida, to not sell certain oysters linked to norovirus.

Early prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies for new drug approvals.

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years.

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official.

Vaccine maker Moderna says the Food and Drug Administration will decide whether to approve its new flu shot for older adults after all.

The report states that Florida had six cities near the top of this year's ranking.

Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats.

In an email to parents, the school principal wrote that the ongoing vaping problems on campus have sparked "environmental concerns in student restrooms."

Bayer has agreed to a proposed $7.25 billion deal to settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits that blame Roundup for causing cancer.

Insurance premiums are exploding across Florida — and for one retired math teacher in The Villages, the numbers are staggering. Instead of enjoying retirement, he’s trying to solve what may be the most baffling equation of his life. Last year, he paid $723 a month for coverage. In January, after enhanced federal health care subsidies expired, the bill jumped to more than $2,600 a month.

A new bill making its way through the Florida Legislature seeks to address a variety of insurance issues in the state.

The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will no longer treat tooth decay with dental fillings containing mercury.

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis.