Health

Doctors don't typically screen for it, but almost 40% of teenage girls and young women had low levels of the important mineral needed to make red blood cells, new research shows.

The CDC recently announced it had identified five cases of locally transmitted malaria in the United States, the first such cases in 20 years.

The powerful animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is being detected more often in the illegal drug supply, but it's fentanyl that's killing opioid users, experts warn.

Experts fear medical and nursing schools will no longer be able to foster diversity by considering race as a factor in their admissions processes.

Heat at night disrupts sleep and prevents the body from recovering and cooling down, making minimum temperatures a critical indicator of a heat wave’s severity, experts said.

The U.S. last year had the most pedestrian fatalities since 1981. Experts highlight several factors driving the trend.

The two vaccines will be the first for RSV to become publicly available in the U.S. after CDC Director Rochelle Walensky endorsed them Thursday.

The suit claims an anti-abortion center in Massachusetts engages in deceptive advertising and incorrectly told a patient her pregnancy was viable.

Since 2008, the president has disclosed a history with sleep apnea, a potentially serious but common condition in which breathing can stop and start in the night.

With the CDC warning about the first locally acquired cases of malaria in 20 years, experts say ticks and mosquitoes may pose a particularly acute threat this summer.

Common cold viruses appear to be returning to pre-pandemic levels of circulation. Adenovirus in particular is more common this summer than last.