Health Care

States and health providers report they've dispensed less than half their supply from the government, raising fears that the drugs may go to waste.

The request Thursday is broader than rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s request earlier this week for the regulator to approve a booster shot for all seniors.

The White House has warned it will run out of money to cover COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines unless Congress approves additional spending.

Penn researcher Drew Weissman spent decades developing mRNA technology. He says it helps target the rapidly mutating human immunodeficiency virus.

Over the past 30 years, stroke incidence among adults 49 and younger has continued to increase in Southern states and the Midwest.

Fifty-three epidemiologists, pharmacologists, virologists, immunologists, and policy experts came together to nail down some strategies.

Obama is encouraging more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite the declining infection rate in the U.S.

While the number of overdose deaths is lower than expected for 2021, advocates say the state now needs to implement approved policies to address the crisis.

The settlement stems from a 2018 lawsuit over deceptive marketing of an opioid product. The money will be split between state, county, and local governments.

Texas abortion providers say their best hope of stopping the nation’s most restrictive abortion law is all but over.

The new Ginsburg Institute will focus on the root causes of asthma, obesity, diabetes, and behavioral disorders that disproportionately affect Black and Latino kids.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion tweeted Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control “confirmed the regulations won’t be changing so I won’t be able to play in the U.S.”

The prospective buyer of the shuttered Chester County hospitals has ended a new bid to purchase and reopen them.

The executive director of Magic Gardens found “joy” in donating a kidney. She changed the company's health benefits so workers can do the same.

Its free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.