Health News

8:13 PM on Friday, May 29

Donald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

6:18 PM on Friday, May 29

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child

1:36 PM on Friday, May 29

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year

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Israel’s military campaign and the mass displacement in Gaza have fueled an increase in early marriages

3:03 AM on Friday, May 29

The war in Gaza and the mass displacement of Palestinians have helped fuel an increase in marriages of young girls

2:07 AM on Friday, May 29

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak

12:36 AM on Friday, May 29

A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo

10:01 PM on Thursday, May 28

A Canadian man accused of running an online operation selling lethal products in more than 40 countries has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide

5:12 PM on Thursday, May 28

A pregnant woman from Ghana who entered the U.S. on a valid visa with her son so he could get medical attention has been held for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport, her lawyers said in court documents

4:07 PM on Thursday, May 28

Texas Rangers second baseman Josh Smith was back in uniform Thursday for the first time since being hospitalized in mid-May with viral meningitis, saying he’s unsure when he’ll return to play

12:39 PM on Thursday, May 28

A man convicted of bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison

6:07 AM on Thursday, May 28

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups

5:50 AM on Thursday, May 28

Music recorded in 432 hertz is taking off on social media platforms and music streaming services

9:02 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention