An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time in eight years.

Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead.

North Carolina reached its Medicaid expansion enrollment goal of 600,000 people just over a year since the program rolled out.

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Life happens and circumstances can change all the time, which is why the special enrollment period exists.

Fewer grandparents were taking care of grandchildren, there was a decline in the number of preschoolers and more people were staying put in their homes in the first part of the 2020s compared with the last part of the 2010s.

In a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, Donald Trump weighs in on Jan. 6 pardons, immigration issues and world affairs.

The December holidays are supposed to be a time of joyful celebration.

Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid certain surgeries.

Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen.

Slovakia’s parliament has approved legislation drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico that could effectively ban doctors from protesting against low pay.

The federal government has sued South Carolina, saying the state has not done enough to make sure people with serious mental illnesses are taken out of group homes and helped back into communities where they can work and lead independent lives.

A U.S. health panel says women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening.

As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, the nominees offer a preview of how his administration might handle abortion after he repeatedly flip-flopped on the issue on the campaign trail.

Winter is a great time to experiment with new food preparations and flavors to keep your meals nutritious and interesting.

People with substance use disorder are not getting a direct say on how most opioid settlement money is used.

After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies.

Some residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent to ride out 2021's Hurricane Ida in a warehouse are being offered shares of a nearly $9 million settlement.

The Hospital de Jesus in Mexico City’s bustling historic center covers most of a city block.

Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect.

The Princess of Wales is taking another step in her return to public life following cancer treatment as she hosts her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey.

The U.S. government has ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows.

The World Health Organization said Friday it deployed experts to investigate a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people in southwest Congo.

An alternative healer who advocated “slapping therapy” to treat a range of maladies has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who stopped taking insulin during his workshop.

Democrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next year.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia.

A message left at the scene of an insurance executive’s fatal shooting echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims.

When SmileDirectClub shut down a year ago, scores of existing customers of the teeth-straightening company were left in limbo.

Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.