The CDC says the influenza vaccine being used this flu season might be less effective than the one used last flu season, based on reports of how well the vaccine is working in five South American ...

Plaque buildup in arteries over time may increase the risk of early death, even in people who have no symptoms and appear to be at low risk.

One in eight dieting Americans use intermittent fasting – but much of the supporting research has been in mice, and recent ...

More children started kindergarten last year without having first received recommended vaccines for highly contagious and dangerous diseases, moving the nation even further away from vaccination rates ...

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults may have low iron levels that can add to problems ranging from fatigue to heart failure.

The label expansion provides a new option for the hundreds of thousands of Americans with inadequately controlled COPD.

A new CDC report says severe obesity is becoming more common in the U.S. Nearly 1 in 10 adults have severe obesity, and women ...

Miplyffa treats Niemann-Pick disease type C, which progressively impacts the abilities to speak, swallow, and walk or move ...

The FDA has approved a new injectable form of the multiple sclerosis drug ocrelizumab for use in adults with relapsing and progressive forms of the disease.

Breast cancer is becoming more common, particularly at younger ages. A new report shows the breast cancer rate rose by 1% annually from 2012 to 2021, with even greater increases among women under age ...

Health care officials are urging more mothers to consider a move that could help keep their babies from being hospitalized during early infancy: getting a COVID vaccine while pregnant.

The best time to start is now: A sense of purpose in life tends to decline with age and drops sharply after a dementia diagnosis. But even if Alzheimer’s-related brain changes have already begun, ...