A boy’s joyful reaction to being told he’s cancer free after 1,167 days of treatment has touched hearts across the country after his mother posted a video of his response on Youtube.
State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet improvements could save another two people a day, a new study finds.
A Juno Therapeutics Inc trial of its experimental cancer therapy, known as JCAR015, was put on hold by U.S. regulators after the deaths last week of two leukemia patients, the company said on Thursday.
Only a small proportion of gay and bisexual men who could have taken a daily pill to reduce their risk of HIV actually did so in 2014, according to a new study.
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests an increase in cancer cases associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted infection for which several strains can be prevented with vaccination.
Health officials in Arizona say the largest current measles outbreak in the United States is in part because some workers at a federal immigration detention center refuse to get vaccinated.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares took a hit on Thursday after best-selling author Eric Van Lustbader revived concerns about food safety at the burrito chain by tweeting that his editor fell ill after eating at one of its Manhattan restaurants.
The pendant around Patrick Lawson's neck reads "all things are possible." That's the hope that has kept him going since his 2-year-old daughter was placed on life support after choking on a popcorn kernel in May.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday that it is monitoring 320 U.S. pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection, up from 287 women a week earlier.
After losing more than 40 pounds, retired French tennis star Marion Bartoli announced that her dramatic weight loss is due to an unknown virus that limits what she can eat and drink.
The latest study of medicine prices finds U.S. insurers' spending on expensive prescription drugs nearly quadrupled from 2003 through 2014, when the number of such prescriptions filled tripled.