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The Maryland-based company hopes the U.S. also clears booster doses and teen use fairly soon.

As abortion-banning state laws take effect, university health centers across the U.S. are trying to figure out their rights and responsibilities when counseling students.

People who develop dangerous pregnancy complications are getting delayed care as doctors struggle to assess if their lives are truly in danger.

Philadelphia health department officials say they have concerns about the limited scope of the initial monkeypox vaccination campaign.

An outbreak in Big Olaf ice cream products that has sickened nearly two dozen people in 10 states forced the brand to recall all of its flavors and products, the FDA says.

Starting Saturday, people having a mental health crisis will be able to call or text 9-8-8 to be connected with a mental health professional.

With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so.

Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. A drugmaker seeks the FDA to approve a contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.

The Centers for Disease Control still must recommend how to use the Novavax vaccine before shots begin. The U.S. has bought 3.2 million doses.

Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, whether a health plan paid for abortion varied widely. Now it's become even more complex, with conflicts on the horizon.

The warning comes as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country.

Restaurant workers, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and veterans are among those targeted by a new anti-smoking campaign in Philadelphia.

Anthony Esposito has stepped into the role of chief executive officer of the four-hospital system in Delaware County.

Hospital capacity, paperwork, religion and personal opinion are just some of the reasons requests get denied.

The man is believed to have contracted the virus through intimate contact with another person. The virus can cause painful blisters and scarring.