The risk of premature death increases when people consume a couple of drinks a day, an HHS report says. A trade group disagrees, arguing the report is "rife with bias and conflicts of interest." And ...

The Washington Post: Society Is Making You Sick, GOP Says. Too Bad Their Plans Will Make You Sicker. The biggest threat to your health isn’t your inability to afford an inhaler or to get that ...

We sent them all of the information on our work,” a Biden health official told NBC News. Public health officials raise concern that a lack of coordination could imperil the response to the emerging ...

The proposal would require brands to list sodium, sugar, and fat on the fronts of packages in an effort to help people make better choices. Also in the news: A possible overhaul in how obesity is ...

On his first full day in office, Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey approved religious exemptions from school vaccinations. Also: the threat of contaminated water from the California wildfires; a new ...

Although some concede reforms are needed at the National Institutes of Health, and specifically the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, overhauling the agency whose research saves ...

The Biden administration ran out of time to expand contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act, The 19th reports. It's not likely the incoming Trump administration would support such a ...

Another 109 people reported injuries after using the remote cardiac monitoring software, Modern Healthcare reported. Other pharmaceutical and tech news is on the FDA's drug approval system and a rapid ...

During a roughly five-year span, CVS Health, Cigna, and UnitedHealth benefited the most from increasing prices for generic drugs that treated illnesses such as HIV and cancer. Some of the price hikes ...

Our "Navigating Aging" columnist sets off on a new phase in life with lessons she’s learned reporting on aging and health.