The FDA approved the first flu vaccine that does not have to be administered by a health care provider, but it won’t be available in time for this respiratory virus season.

Medical examiner Dr. Steven Campman says that more than two doses of naloxone, a life-saving drug that can reverse overdoses, ...

When the state stopped prosecuting the possession of small amounts of drugs, deaths climbed. Correlation or causation?

Whooping cough is on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC said protection from the illness's vaccine is waning. So far this year, there have been 14,500 reported cases of the disease. That's nearly five ...

A Cleveland Clinic study showed that in patients with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease, bariatric surgery was associated with a significant decrease in the progression of chronic ...

Long-term weight loss for patients with obesity proved mostly successful after taking prescription-only injectable ...

Mexican authorities took Ward into custody in March before returning him to the U.S. for prosecution, according to the ...

This year's spike in cases marks a return to pre-pandemic levels of this infection, which is also called pertussis.