Health

After losing thousands of staffers and facing attacks this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hampered in its ability to protect the public from health problems and …

A new survey of people who live to 100 finds most of them say they feel decades younger than their actual age. alvarez/E+/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption alvarez/E+/Getty Images …

The Food and Drug Administration says it’s going to get tougher on vaccines, blaming the deaths of at least 10 children on the COVID-19 vaccines.

MPSharwood/WikiCommons hide caption toggle caption MPSharwood/WikiCommons The snowcapped mountains surrounding northwest Montana’s Flathead Reservation are a sign winter is coming. Mary Lefthand pulls her truck up to a warehouse in …

Fatal overdoses are down in most parts of the country. Worchester, Massachusetts has seen a dramatic drop in deaths. Officials credit a hands-on approach to helping drug users where they …

The George Rogers Clark Memorial bridge crosses the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky. Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal …

Derek McManus has ALS, but his insurer initially refused to provide an advanced medical ventilator. Each machine can cost insurers more than $10,000. An independent appeals reviewer ordered the insurer …

Food and Drug Administration officials say they are going to scrutinize vaccines more stringently. JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration intends …

After the Zika outbreak ended in Brazil, many families faced a new reality: a child whose life was irrevocably altered after the mother contracted the virus while pregnant. Here’s what …

Amid NIH funding delays, clawbacks and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her …