Health Jul 20

States are a critical battleground over abortion rights, and polling reveals where opinions stand at the state and national level.

World Jul 17

The 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture was slated to start at 7:55 a.m. ET.

Health Jul 11

Despite pressure from the Trump administration to water down resolution that promoted breastfeeding during the World Health Assembly, breastfeeding rates in the U.S. have risen in recent years, but there's still room for improvement, experts say.

Health Jul 09

A study from Harvard Medical School suggests better conversations about end-of-life care could help close the gap.

Health Jun 18

While it’s not clear how the political fight about the practice will play out, researchers do know how a traumatic event like being separated from a parent affects a child.

Health Jun 14

Nearly 45,000 people died as a result of suicide in 2016, up 30 percent from the number of deaths by suicide in 2000, the CDC reported. This latest study explores suicide prevalence across demographics, including gender and age.

Health May 31

Politicians have promised changes to the health care program will help lift people out of poverty. But this Tennessee family says things don't seem to be getting better.

Health May 23

Eight people died and more than 27,200 people became ill from swimming in contaminated water between 2000 and 2014 , the CDC said in a recent report. Here's what you should know.

Health May 18

The White House proposed a plan to change the equation for abortion federal funding in the United States. Here's what that could mean for women's health nationwide…

Health May 02

Among pregnant women, the hepatitis C infection rate nearly doubled in five years, fueled primarily by injection drug use linked to the opioid crisis, and the medical community is increasingly concerned that mothers and infants may go undetected and untreated…