Health

Firefighters around the country are worried that gear laced with PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, could be one reason cancer rates among their ranks are rising.

A family has waited five years for their day in court against one of the biggest hospitals in the Bay Area - Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Their story was recently captured in the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya" which tells the story a 10-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital.

It's a rather delicate problem, but it needs to be talked about nonetheless. Here's what to know about a laxative shortage across the U.S., and how the country possibly got to this point.

The American Red Cross is facing a critical blood supply shortage.

The Clearblue Menopause Stage Indicator allows women to identify their likely stage of menopause: premenopause, early perimenopause, late perimenopause or postmenopause.

Americans may soon be able to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months of age and older.

The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is likely no better than a dummy pill, according to government experts.

The FDA assembled advisers to take another look at phenylephrine, which became the main drug in over-the-counter decongestants when medicines with an older ingredient were moved behind counters.

There’s still another step: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off. A CDC advisory panel is set to issue recommendations Tuesday on who most needs the updated shots.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said that while he does not foresee a federal mask mandate in the future, recommendations are likely if COVID-19 cases rise this winter.

COVID-19 hospitalizations have been steadily increasing since late summer, and RSV already is on the rise in parts of the Southeast.

The day’s recognition is a chance to share hope and highlight the ways and resources to preventing suicide deaths, which were at the highest number ever last year in the U.S.

A recent report revealed that obesity-related cardiovascular deaths among U.S. populations tripled between 1999 and 2020.

The CDC says the BA.2.86 COVID-19 variant ‘may be more capable of causing infection’ in those who have been vaccinated.