Adriel Bettelheim

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. counties lacked opioid treatment programs or any office-based providers of buprenorphine, which reduces the risk of future overdoses, according to a federal review of whether

About five times as many cases of whooping cough have been recorded this year compared with 2023, returning the U.S. to pre-pandemic conditions, when

Climate change could drive up demand for drugs to treat asthma, kidney disease and Alzheimer's, adding to supply chain disruptions.

Overdose deaths are down, life expectancy is up, the odds of surviving cancer are improving, and we're even losing weight.

Hospitals are giving some patients Gatorade and using other workarounds to conserve IV fluids.

Firstborn and only children are likelier to develop anxiety and depression by the time they reach age 8 than children who are born second or later, according to a new review of almost 182,500 cases.

Infant deaths were higher than expected for several months after the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion.

A group of 13 Philadelphia-area health systems is ending the inclusion of race in screening algorithms that help make decisions for lung, kidney and OB-GYN care.

Climate change exposed people to an average of 50 more days of health-threatening temperatures last year and drove heat-related deaths to record highs.

Fewer than 1 in 6 health care workers in hospitals and nursing homes reported getting COVID-19 boosters during the 2023-2024 season.