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Sheriff’s department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that can connect people in distress immediately with mental health professionals

Players at the U.S. Open will have access to licensed mental health providers and quiet rooms as part of an initiative announced by the U.S. Tennis Association.

The U.S. is planning booster doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, but if you got the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot instead, stay tuned.

U.S. health officials may soon recommend COVID-19 booster shots for fully vaccinated Americans.

The FDA authorized a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for people with compromised immune systems. What to know about who is eligible and what does that mean for those who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?

Here’s one more lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: It appears safe to relax restrictions on methadone, the oldest and most stigmatized treatment drug for opioid addiction

Metabolic rate remains stable all through adult life, from age 20 to 60 years old.

Dr. Anothony Fauci said while it is imminent that immune compromised people will get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, it is likely that at some point in the future everyone will need one

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging all pregnant women to get vaccinated against COVID-19

New research from UCLA suggests that the biological age of women who don’t sleep enough during the first year after they give birth to their babies was higher than women who did sleep enough.

Asthmatics who have their illness well under control have less severe COVID-19 outcomes than those with uncontrolled asthma, researchers said Tuesday in a large study conducted by USC and Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

More children may have developed nearsightedness as an unexpected side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests

The CDC is warning consumers not to taste or eat raw cake batter, whether it’s homemade or from a mix, because it could contain harmful bacteria.

Better known as PFAS, these chemicals were recently reported to be abundant in North American makeup products — here’s more on the risks, locations and legislation surrounding them

The newest research, reported Monday, shows lung cancer patients who stopped smoking gained nearly two years of life compared to those who continued to smoke.

U.S. health officials say they now have evidence that an untreatable “superbug” fungus has spread in two hospitals and a nursing home

Pfizer Inc. and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay $345 million under a proposed settlement to resolve litigation over EpiPen price hikes

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging technology companies, health care workers and everyday Americans to do more to stop the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines

The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration is calling for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency’s drug reviewers and the maker of a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved new prescribing instructions that are likely to limit use of a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug

The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital with troublesome coughs and breathing trouble

Hydrating, no-cook foods are the order of the day when temperatures soar.

Doctors are trying to figure out who should get a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

A group of Muslim mental health professionals — along with some faith leaders and activists in the United States — are working to raise awareness about mental illness and suicide prevention and provide religiously and culturally sensitive guidance.

Many working-age people assume that Medicare covers just about every kind of health care that an older person may need. It doesn’t.

Experts say a laceration like this is a rare complication of the surgery

There are some serious risks, but if you choose to co-sleep, there are also some things you can do to minimize those risks.

The Affordable Care Act is now secure in the framework of the nation’s health care programs, and Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.

This year may be bringing the perfect storm when it comes to deer tick numbers and the danger of Lyme disease and some other scary illnesses the nasty little bloodsuckers bring.

Demand for treatments, everything from teeth whitening to full smile-makeovers, has been higher than pre-pandemic levels, one cosmetic dentist has observed.

Ketchup may solve your summer hair woes — here’s how.

The number of U.S. emergency room visits for suspected suicide attempts by teen girls jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic by as much as 51 percent, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Routine sampling program found that samples from the production lot of the cereal “tested above the guidance level for naturally occurring inorganic arsenic”

Federal regulators have approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, leaving patients waiting to see how insurers will handle the pricey new treatment

Health officials have warned since early on in the pandemic that obesity and related conditions such as diabetes were risk factors for severe COVID-19

More than a third of adult Americans missed regular cancer screenings last year, and doctors say a lot of children and adolescents have fallen behind on childhood vaccinations too.

Biogen on Tuesday faced tough questions from Wall Street analysts over the $56,000 annual cost of its newly approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.

“Desperation should drive funding for Alzheimer’s research, it should not drive the interpretation of scientific evidence,” Karlawish said.

Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease

Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV and set back a U.S. campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by 2030

A pill has been shown to help keep certain early-stage, hard-to-treat breast cancers at bay after initial treatment

U.S. health regulators are warning surgeons to stop implanting a heart pump recently tied to cases of stroke and more than a dozen deaths

The cicadas are back, and with them a warning from the Food and Drug Administration: Don’t eat these critters if you have a seafood allergy.

The inaugural harvest of genetically modified salmon began this week after the coronavirus pandemic delayed the sale of the first such altered animal cleared for human consumption in the United States.

The pandemic created treacherous conditions for eating disorders, leading to a surge of new cases and relapses that is not abating as restrictions are loosened and COVID-19 cases subside in many places

A team at UC San Diego Health is conducting the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial looking at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines, and researchers put out a call today for participants.

Americans should start getting screened for colon cancer earlier, at age 45 instead of waiting until they’re 50

Long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people every year, according to a study by the WHO and the International Labour Organization.

Parking at some prestigious cancer centers can run into hundreds of dollars. The overlooked cost is finally drawing scrutiny from hospital administrators.

Hairdressers are often the first to notice a suspicious spot on the scalp, but she wasn’t getting her hair cut during the coronavirus lockdown.

The U.S. birth rate is so low, the nation is “below replacement levels,” meaning more people die every day than are being born, the CDC said.

Even on a cloudy day, you can get a sunburn, but one-third of Gen Z adults recently surveyed by the American Academy of Dermatology didn’t know that.

Some U.S. employers and insurers want you to make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits

The FDA’s decision would not ban menthol immediately, but rather kick off the rule-making process to do so, which could take years.

A majority of unexpected deaths among young babies still involve soft bedding, despite decades of safe sleep messaging targeting new parents, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

Just as other industries are rolling back some consumer-friendly changes made early in the pandemic — think empty middle seats on airplanes — so, too, are health insurers.

U.S. regulators are convening a meeting to consider clawing back approvals from several cancer drugs that have failed to show they extend or improve life

Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are putting their babies at risk, a study published this week finds

It’s well known that pre-existing medical conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, raise the risk of severe COVID-19. Now a new study suggests there might be another risk factor: inactivity.

A UCLA study published Monday found that the proportion of physicians who are Black in the United States has increased by only four percentage points over the past 120 years, and that the share of doctors who are Black men remains unchanged since 1940.

Health regulators have asked states to temporarily halt J&J’s single-dose shot after reports of six cases of rare brain blood clots in women.

The watery, itchy, burning eyes, runny nose, constant sneezing. Allergy symptoms are no fun. Allergies make us uncomfortable, irritated and downright miserable.

Doctors say a woman is breathing freely again after undergoing a windpipe transplant from a donor.

U.S. regulators have approved the first new drug in over a decade for children with ADHD, which causes inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity

The decision to start a family is always very personal and multi-faceted, but it becomes even more complex for those who have a history of mental health illness.

Pesticide exposure during pregnancy might lead to the development of central nervous system tumors during childhood, according to a study involving researchers from UCLA, USC and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Despite a U.S. factory mixup, more Johnson & Johnson doses are becoming available in the U.S., marking the only single-shot vaccine option. So how effective is it and how does it compare to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines?

Her approach has caused a stir, but what do experts think about it?

Pandemic-weary Americans starved for human interaction and physical touch are taking advantage of a growing wellness option once reserved for Hollywood actors and elite athletes: boutique stretching.

At least 31 million adults in the U.S. have Type 2 diabetes.

Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services

How do you even begin to have a conversation with your boss about your mental health struggles when there’s still a very real fear of repercussions that could derail your career?

Uterine fibroids that can cause chronic pain and disrupt pregnancy plans disproportionately affect Black women, and research that would help women and girls is underfunded, experts say.

Labor and delivery are thought of as the riskiest times for new mothers, but many women die in the weeks and months after giving birth

People born in Southern U.S. states had a lower life expectancy when compared with people in other parts of the country, the CDC found.

Pediatricians have seen the mental health impact firsthand and are saying that cases of anxiety and depression among kids are on the rise

More Americans now qualify for yearly scans to detect lung cancer under new guidelines.

The clocks change twice a year, but somehow we’re never fully prepared for the way it affects our sleep pattern. As we prepare to “spring forward” on March 14, TODAY Health quizzed a few sleep specialists to discover the best ways to prep for — and cope with — that pesky time change.

Gabrielle Union has never been one to shy away from a candid conversation, especially when the topic at hand affects so much of the population.

An overwhelming majority of people who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator or died from Covid-19 have been overweight or obese, the CDC said.

Like any good millennial, I’ve spent time trying out a lot of jobs. In college, I majored in psychology and planned to become a therapist. After graduation, I moved abroad to teach and returned to the states to work for the NYC Department of Education. I changed course again and went to work for a startup, first in customer...

Eating more than that was not associated with additional benefits, said the study conducted by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and released by the American Health Association.

February is usually the peak of flu season, but not this year.

A new report finds that life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths

Health insurance shoppers stuck in a bad plan or unable to find coverage have a new option for help