A Michigan judge has sentenced the former executive of a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy to at least 10 years in prison for the deaths of 11 people in 2012

A judge has put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs after the legendary songwriters doctor reported that he has a major neurocognitive disorder

After the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders worldwide vowed to do better next time but are still struggling to finalize a global plan

A new report finds fewer U.S. medical school graduates are applying to residency programs, but the drop is more pronounced in states that ban abortion compared with other states

A judge says Beach Boys co-founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should be in a court conservatorship to handle his personal and medical decisions

Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months

A Texas man is petitioning a court for information over his former partner's alleged out-of-state abortion, setting up a first-of-its-kind legal test to the limits of statewide abortion bans

Steward Health Care says it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection

New U.S. rules require all dogs coming into the U.S. to be at least 6 months old and microchipped to help prevent the spread of rabies

Even people who know that looking at their smartphone in bed isnt good for them do it anyway

The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled

President Joe Biden is pushing proposals to help families pay for child care, preschool and elder care while he's running for reelection this year

A proposed amendment to New Yorks constitution barring discrimination based on gender identity and pregnancy outcomes cannot appear on the state ballot in November because legislators made a procedural error during an initial round of approval

Chinese state media are reporting a knife attack with possible deaths at a hospital in the countrys southwest

Home health care provider Elara Caring is being sued by the husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist

Minnesota lawmakers have launched their debate on far-reaching legislation that would amend the state's constitution to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights

The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered full-blown famine after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas

Yogurt sold in U.S. grocery store may soon have new labels that say the popular food might help reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes

For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer's disease

San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood is notorious for its open-air drug use and congested sidewalks

A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis

South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk. Umbrellas to shield against blazing sunlight are popular, air-conditioned malls are serving as urban oases, and schools in Cambodia have been cutting back their hours. In the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, officials have told students to stay home and do their lessons remotely. In April, the United Nations Childrens Fund warned that the swel

The health insurer Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit over whether its fertility treatment coverage discriminates against LGBTQ+ patients

The U.S. expects to have arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering aid this month via a new U.S.-backed sea route

Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot

The South Carolina Senate has approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

The first serious effort by Mississippis Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid could be crumbling

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill to undo a long-dormant law that bans all abortions except those done to save a patients life, but the ban is still in effect until the fall

Arizonas Democratic governor signs bill to repeal the states 1864 ban on nearly all abortions

Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age

Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people

New government data suggests U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels

Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked

Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push to repeal the states long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions that a court said can be enforced

The beginning of the Change Healthcare cyberattack happened when hackers entered a server that lacked multifactor authentication

It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time

Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them

Floridas ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest

No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light in suburban Atlanta, causing the death of a young boy

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country

Attorney General Garland plans to endorse DEA proposal to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug, AP source says

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will test ground beef for bird flu

The Federal Trade Commission is challenging patents on 20 brand name drugs, including the blockbuster weight-loss injection Ozempic

Walmart is closing its health centers and virtual care service after struggling to find success with the offerings

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger at age 40

An English study into the causes of ACL injuries to women soccer players has been launched

A Finnish court has sentenced a 26-year-old man to more than six years in prison for hacking thousands of patient records at a private psychotherapy center and seeking ransom from some patients over the sensitive data

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility