People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead.

North Carolina reached its Medicaid expansion enrollment goal of 600,000 people just over a year since the program rolled out.

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Experts say that the holidays can put a strain on your mental health.

Officials say Pakistan has begun its last nationwide vaccination campaign for the year to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the disease.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks requiring Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine.

Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid certain surgeries.

Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen.

Slovakia’s parliament has approved legislation drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico that could effectively ban doctors from protesting against low pay.

President Joe Biden says having healthy women is as important for the U.S. economy as it is for the women themselves.

Authorities say the mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria.

While surveying a room packed with Hollywood’s most influential figures, “Emilia Pérez” star Selena Gomez took center stage at the Academy Women’s Luncheon to spotlight a critical issue: Prioritizing mental health and supporting underserved communities often left behind in the conversation.

Winter is a great time to experiment with new food preparations and flavors to keep your meals nutritious and interesting.

People with substance use disorder are not getting a direct say on how most opioid settlement money is used.

After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies.

Some residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent to ride out 2021's Hurricane Ida in a warehouse are being offered shares of a nearly $9 million settlement.

The Hospital de Jesus in Mexico City’s bustling historic center covers most of a city block.

Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect.

The Princess of Wales is taking another step in her return to public life following cancer treatment as she hosts her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey.

The U.S. government has ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows.

The World Health Organization said Friday it deployed experts to investigate a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people in southwest Congo.

An alternative healer who advocated “slapping therapy” to treat a range of maladies has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who stopped taking insulin during his workshop.

Democrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next year.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia.

A message left at the scene of an insurance executive’s fatal shooting echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims.

When SmileDirectClub shut down a year ago, scores of existing customers of the teeth-straightening company were left in limbo.

Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

Sierra Leone has started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine.

Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate and learn from each mother’s death.

A study shows blood tests that check for fetal disorders can sometimes hint at cancer in pregnant women.