Health

U.S. life expectancy rose last year, hitting its highest level since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The secretary can appoint members to a CDC advisory panel that makes recommendations on vaccinations.

A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday.

The shooting of Brian Thompson has unleashed a torrent pent-up of anger towards insurers, renewed calls for reform and reignited a debate over U.S. health care.

Getting a walk in every day is key to good health and an app called WeWard will pay you to hit that step count. “On average people walk 25% more,” founder says.

About 67% of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. That’s the largest percentage seen in an annual national survey.

The complaint claims that Grubhub deceived diners about delivery costs and blocked access to their accounts.

Communication and setting realistic expectations are two of the ways of solving for anxiety and stress when preparing for the holiday season.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that’s intended to protect prescribers in Democratic-controlled states from being punished by states with abortion bans.

The leader of UnitedHealth Group wrote that the health insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk last week cared about consumers and was working to make the system better.

The 85-year-old ESPN college basketball analyst said he’s cancer-free after his fourth bout with the disease in just over three years.

They’re widely marketed to men for performance, energy and sex drive. What you need to know to stay safe.

Doctor explains what you need to know about what is informally referred to as “brain fog.”