Health

While there’s no evidence any of the COVID vaccines cause problems with fertility, becoming severely ill from the disease has the potential to do so.

Older adults without heart disease shouldn’t take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, an influential health guidelines group said in preliminary updated advice released Tuesday.

Patient advocates and some state governments say hospitals must do more to help patients deal with medical bills before the debt winds up in collections.

California public schools and colleges must stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under a new law. The measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom builds on a 2017 law requiring low-income schools in disadvantaged areas to provide students with free menstrual products. It expands the law to include grades 6 to 12, community colleges and...

The number of people receiving booster shots is outpacing those getting their first or second doses of the initial vaccination.

At issue is whether transplant patients who refuse the shots are not only putting themselves at greater risk for serious illness and death from a COVID infection, but also squandering scarce organs that could benefit others.

In her first interview in five years, Adele addressed the controversy around her weight loss.

One of the leading agencies in the government’s fight against COVID-19 is finally on the verge of getting a new commissioner

The MSNBC anchor urged viewers to schedule routine skin checks with their doctors during an episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show” Wednesday, revealing she underwent surgery last week for a cancerous mole on her neck.

The World Health Organization has endorsed the world’s first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease

The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Tuesday about the potential for false-positive results with some home COVID-19 tests produced by Ellume.

Federal legislation meant to help track and investigate suspected cancer clusters has not done either since it went into effect five years ago, advocates say.

Fans praised the 19-year-old model for showing type 1 diabetes representation on the runway.