Long-term use of melatonin supplements may be linked to an increased risk of heart failure hospitalization, the American Heart Association reported Monday. Melatonin is commonly used to treat insomnia and…
Lifestyle factors, such as regular exercise and healthy eating, accounted for less than a quarter of the optimism-lifespan association in the study, indicating that other factors may be at play.…
About one in six parents have skipped or delayed vaccinating their children against diseases other than COVID-19 or the flu, according to a new poll from The Washington Post and…
States can begin applying Monday for their share of a $50 billion fund for rural health providers under the GOP’s tax and spending law, but they need to move quickly.…
An ObamaCare deadline has collided with a fight over government funding, as Democrats are signaling they want Republicans to extend the law’s expiring premium subsidies before they support any bill…
An effort by President Trump’s administration to curb advertising for pharmaceutical drugs on television is posing creating a potential marketing hurdle for some of the country’s largest drugmakers while threatening…
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to publicly support the…
More than 70 reproductive groups are asking the Trump administration to call off the planned destruction of roughly $10 million of usable birth control products. Planned Parenthood is leading…
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health this week reported the death of a school-aged child due to a rare complication occurring from a measles infection experienced as an…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding a study on the widely debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, according to a government funding notice. While numerous large studies…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Friday urged people to turn away from social media, calling it a “cancer on our society” after announcing that the suspected gunman in the…
Nearly $10 million in contraceptives paid for by the United States government are still being held in warehouse in Belgium, despite reports that the Trump administration has destroyed them, officials…