New York City is closing 10 city-run sites where children younger than 5 could get the COVID-19 vaccine, with three of those sites transitioning to administer the monkeypox vaccine.

Under the law, Medicare will now be allowed to negotiate the cost of some drugs which should reduce out-of-pocket costs for seniors with Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

Discovery follows a report of a man in Rockland County stricken with polio and paralyzed. The last case of polio in the US was in 2013.

The CDC's recent move to ease COVID guidelines marks a significant shift in the pandemic and how we've lived during it. Here's how experts are reacting to the change.

Women who are vegetarian are more likely to experience hip fractures in later life than those who frequently eat meat.

The metaverse is being pitched as a place where healthcare could be offered bridging the digital and physical world in a computer-generated space where people interact. But will they take that leap?

A new study finds that homemade baby food contains as many toxic metals as food bought in the store.

Greater consumption of fruits and vegetables seen in college students who set goals related to eating.

Hair loss, reduced sex drive, and erectile dysfunction have joined a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID in patients who were not hospitalized, according to findings of a large study.

Johnson & Johnson will stop worldwide sales of its talc-based baby powder – the subject of numerous lawsuits – and switch to cornstarch-based powder.

The United States has now recorded more than 10,000 confirmed monkeypox cases, according to data released by the CDC.

A new blood test that can detect up to 50 cancers from a single blood sample is gaining traction in the United States.

A new study cataloged at least 28 deaths and 479 injuries from more than 130 weather-related bounce house incidents worldwide – figures the researchers say likely underestimate the problem.

When scientists tried find out what growing pains actually are, they found out that no one really knows. The definitions were as random and all over the place as the very pains that kids complain about.

A new study found the downward trend in prescribing opioids also applied to cancer patients and people with other chronic pain.

The July launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was celebrated by many mental health providers and advocates, but it triggered concerns, too, from people who say using the service could lead to increased law enforcement involvement or forced hospitalization.

CDC recommendations on social distancing, quarantining and testing children for COVID-19 while allowing them to stay in school may no longer be necessary for most Americans.

Experts Say Polio Not Likely to Spread in U.S. Aug. 11, 2022 -- The polio virus has been found in wastewater in New York state, but experts say the United States is well-protected from widespread transmission of the disease.“A pandemic-weary public already facing the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 and monkeypox is feeling jittery about the resurgence of a dreaded disease that was thought to be largely eradicated,” Axios reported Thursday.“But experts say the U.S. is highly protected from the widespread transmission of polio, at least in areas that are highly vaccinated.”Health experts told Axios that people who

This analysis is one of the first to compare adverse events in pregnant and nonpregnant and vaccinated and nonvaccinated women.

While the agency still recommends repeat testing after a negative result, it also recommends that people who have no symptoms but think they have been exposed take three tests instead of two.

The U.S. will buy $26 million worth of SIGA Technologies Inc.’s IV version of the antiviral drug TPOXX to help with the monkeypox outbreak across the country, the company announced Tuesday.

The public health emergency declaration doesn't open up a path to easier prescribing through an emergency use authorization.

From Feb. 8 to July 5, polio virus was detected 116 times in 19 sewage samples from London.

A new study indicates the chemical perfluooctane sulfate (PFOS), which is used in numerous consumer and industrial products, has been linked to the most common type of liver cancer.

The FDA said that instead of a standard  subcutaneous injection, the new regimen will be given just under the skin (intradermally) at one-fifth the usual dose.