Hurricane Helene damaged the nation’s main plant that makes intravenous fluids nearly 2 weeks ago. Here's what to know.

Oct. 9, 2024 – For more than a century, steady increases in life expectancy sparked hope that humans may regularly live past ...

I lay there on the couch, feeling nothing inside. No desire to get up and do anything, no interest in turning on the TV, just ...

Having severe COVID-19 could mean a higher risk of heart attack and stroke for up to three years after infection, new research shows.

Health care officials are urging more mothers to consider a move that could help keep their babies from being hospitalized ...

Weekend warriors” – those who only exercise on the weekends -- may be getting the same health benefits as people who scatter ...

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

People who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure may want to check again. That’s because many commonly used arm positions for blood pressure checks can lead to inaccurately high readings, ...

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. declined substantially in the past year, posting the largest single-year drop in at least a decade.

Sept. 19, 2024 – A new COVID-19 variant called XEC is on the rise, and it has experts who track variants on alert. Each time a new variant makes a grand entrance onto tracker lists, health ...

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 ...

More research is finding this common and vastly underdiagnosed sleep disorder may significantly increase the risk of cancer.