A group of West Virginians have gone to Canada to find affordable insulin.

The Supreme Court has left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions.

New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function.

Malaysia has began a vaccination campaign in a rural town on Borneo island after a 3-month-old boy was confirmed to have polio in the country's first case of the highly infectious virus in 27 years.

Tufts University is ending its relationship with the billionaire family that owns OxyContin Purdue Pharma.

Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping-related illnesses have, for the first time, listed the vape brands that are most commonly linked to hospitalizations.

Researchers say careless cellphone use can lead to facial cuts, bruises and fractures.

A government report says prices for prescription drugs edged down 1% last year, driven by declines for generics and slow growth for brand-name medications.

Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they believe they received inaccurate information.

Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy.

A company that claims it has the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease made its case to scientists Thursday, disclosing more results to help explain why one study of it succeeded and another failed.

A bipartisan Senate bill to curb prescription drug costs for Medicare enrollees is getting a makeover that would lower copays and make it easier for seniors to budget.

A study found that the drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is setting a showdown vote next week on her bill empowering Medicare to negotiate prices for costly prescription drugs.

Authorities say a flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people in Southern California.

The vaccine alliance GAVI announced it would invest $178 million to create a global stockpile of about 500,000 Ebola vaccines, in a move health officials say could help prevent future outbreaks from spiraling out of control.

The government has launched a program to provide a daily HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection but have no insurance to pay for it.

The judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will consider whether the company's CEO should get a bonus equal to half his $2.

The Trump administration says it will allow trappers to continue using controversial sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators.

Samoa’s main streets are eerily quiet as the government steps up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people.

An Ohio proposal aimed at outlawing abortions would present some doctors with a choice of facing potential criminal prosecution or attempting a procedure considered medically impossible: the reimplantation of an ectopic pregnancy.

Poland’s agriculture minister says that 21 cases of wild boar fallen due to the African swine fever have been found in western Poland, close to the German border.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Juul Labs.

A New York lawmaker wants to ban virginity tests in response to the controversial remarks made recently by the rapper T.

Senate lawmakers are advancing the nomination of President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration.