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Canada has arguably the world’s most permissive system of euthanasia

Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis

A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, grieving widows

A campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution has raised close to $22 million

The White House released Harris' medical history over the weekend.

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Dozens of people have rallied outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. to demand that the company remove artificial dyes from their cereals in the U.S. The maker of Froot Loops and Apple Jacks announced nearly a decade ago that it would remo...

At least eight people have died in a town on Puerto Rico’s north coast in recent days after authorities say around two dozen suffered from suspected overdoses linked to drugs likely contaminated with fentanyl

A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children

U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems tied to a deadly listeria outbreak at a Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia

The survey marks a two-year high in an ongoing "loneliness epidemic."

Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is expected to play football again in 2024 after being diagnosed with his third concussion in two years earlier this season

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome

Memphis will play the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic in a unique doubleheader exhibition on Tuesday night to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled

Cultural and geographic challenges can limit access to diagnosis and care.

Tami Bowling discusses her story and #Lightupmbc global campaign.

Ohio's close Senate race took a twist recently when cellphone video surfaced of Republican Bernie Moreno criticizing women whose votes are driven by the abortion issue

A senior government official in Cambodia says that 13 pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth

Dr. Jessica Shepherd discusses an increase in young women being diagnosed with breast cancer, PCOS and adult ADHD.

Kamala Harris' physician reports the vice president is in 'excellent health' and fit to serve as president

Vice President Kamala Harris says Republican Donald Trump isn't releasing information about his health because he doesn't want the public to see if he's fit to be president

Authorities in Pennsylvania say adults and children were transported to a hospital in Pennsylvania after being sickened by mushrooms

Nicole Hallingstad, a member of the Tlingit and Haida Native Indian Tribes of Alaska, faced profound barriers to breast cancer care.

The NFL and its players association say the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game

Elevated risks were particularly seen in unvaccinated people who fell ill.

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wr...

Health care facilities began resuming operations Thursday and Friday.

A new U.S. rule requires mammography centers to inform women about their breast density

A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate in 2014 to please horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a psychiatric hospital

A KFF survey found significant shifts among women voters since late spring.

A survey has found that abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30

Lingering effects from weather events can be devastating, research shows.

A North Dakota judge won’t let the state’s near total ban on abortions stand while the state appeals a ruling striking down the law

City officials shut off potable water services midnight on Thursday.

A company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry made at an Oklahoma plant because the products may be contaminated with listeria bacteria

The head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in Rwanda is under control and that travel bans to the East African country are unnecessary

A Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state

In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, patients take part in a traditional form of theater that is used as a way to work through problems

Multiple disasters can raise the risk of anxiety and depression, experts said.

Federal officials are working to move IV bags out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer of IV fluids even as hospitals nationwide are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding at a large factory in North Car...

Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery

Tennessee’s corrections chief says the department is expected to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year

A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame — even when they don't

Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a spike in new polio cases since March, in a troubling sign as the government seeks to eradicate the disease in the country

Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida’s Gulf Coast — still reeling from Hurricane Helene — are now revving up for Hurricane Milton

Two court rulings this week, in Georgia and Texas, have delivered major blows to reproductive rights

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Two courts this week have allowed U.S. state abortion restrictions, and bigger changes could result from next month's elections