Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, has faced scrutiny over her stance on childhood vaccines.

The heart’s right and left sides perform different jobs to keep blood moving through the body. When either side becomes too weak or stiff to function effectively, the result may be heart failure.

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000 this year.

An English judge has issued a scathing report blaming dysfunctional management for failing to protect babies at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven infants.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is proposing free home visits from nurses for every new parent in the state and expanded mental health screenings for new mothers.

Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence.

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children.

The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body.

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia that are causing a toxic haze impacting people’s health in other countries.

The United States plans to phase out financial support for Namibia's HIV response programs.

Diagnosing endometriosis is often a challenge.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has gone home without a verdict after a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases.

Nurse Razia Noreen had just checked on 15 newborns at the hospital in Pakistan's capital and was preparing injections when she saw flames through a window.

A new academic year has started across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the school system in Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies on transgender students.

Everyday actions can become frustrating challenges for people living with essential tremor or tremor caused by Parkinson’s disease. For 79-year-old Jim Jones, they now feel like victories.

Congo’s authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the suspension of eight officials and criminal proceedings after a fire killed 14 newborns at an Islamabad hospital.

When kitchen burnout hits, figuring out what to make for dinner every day can feel like an impossible task.

The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities.

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device.

Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide.

Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo.

A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment.