Health

Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Here’s what’s behind the trend.

The new rule would expand access to the drugs for 3.4 million Americans who use Medicare and another 4 million people enrolled in Medicaid, a White House official said.

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night said he picked Dave Weldon, a former Congressman from Florida, to be the agency’s next chief.

Weldon served 14 years in Congress, where he was an outspoken critic of the CDC and its vaccine program.

Food safety experts say safely serving a holiday feast takes planning and know-how. Outbreaks of some types of food poisoning tend to rise in November and December.

Marking her second Guinness World Record title, DonnaJean Wilde broke the record for most pushups in one hour by a woman, clocking 1,575 pushups in 60 minutes.

Award-winning author TJ Klune (“The House in the Cerulean Sea”) on when he felt able to quit his day job and when he first felt like he’d made it as a writer.

It’s probably not the best idea to fast before the big feast, but the reason why may surprise you.

A previously unidentified chemical has been discovered in the tap water of about one-third of U.S. homes, a new study has found, and scientists are actively investigating whether it’s toxic.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims linking autism to childhood vaccinations are receiving new scrutiny now that President-elect Donald Trump has selected him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a sprawling agency with a budget of $1.7 trillion that oversees research into both autism and vaccines.

The CDC said twin infants in California died, but only one of the two deaths has been linked to the outbreak. Yu Shang Food has recalled products that may be contaminated.

Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health system “broken” and in need of a shakeup.