Adriel Bettelheim

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.

The big decisions could depend on who he brings in to fill key positions.

A federal program serving 2.8 million veterans isn't delivering on key promises.

A research team used videos of surgeries and the machine learning architecture behind ChatGPT to successfully train a robot to do basic tasks like manipulate a needle, lift body tissue and suture.

Pregnant women or those who've given birth in the past year are likelier to be murdered than die from medical causes like preeclampsia or hemorrhaging, a new study in JAMA Network Open concludes.

The DEA and HHS ended an impasse over the virtual prescribing of controlled substances that threatened access to drugs like Adderall.