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In a small farming community in southern Pakistan, villagers will no longer shake Hazar Khan Seelro's hand.

The fate of abortion in Missouri will be argued in court Wednesday as Planned Parenthood fights the state for refusing to renew the license it needs to continue offering the service in its St. Louis clinic.

Netflix released "13 Reasons Why," a series about the suicide of a 17-year-old girl, on the final day of March 2017. Immediately, the profitable streaming service received criticism from suicide prevention organizations for not portraying suicide in a responsible way. New research suggests that, as feared, the series caused a "suicide contagion" effect among young people.

Right there, on the floor of the shoe store, the teenage clerk sat down and just talked to the girl with autism.

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Tuesday will kickoff a historic trial that will be the first major test in the nation as to whether a state can make a pharmaceutical company pay for the epidemic. The trial also is expected to lay a road map for other states in holding drugmakers accountable.

Energy drinks may promise a boost, but experts are increasingly concerned that their cocktails of ingredients could have unintended health risks.

The former chairman and president of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma was warned by a friend that the addictive nature of the powerful pain killing opioid OxyContin could make him the next Pablo Escobar, according to a recently obtained deposition.

The New Jersey Department of Health is investigating 22 Legionnaires' disease cases in Union County, the department said in a news release.

Come Friday, and on the heels of the latest abortion bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson, Missouri may be the first state in the United States to no longer offer abortions since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.

The term the World Health Organization uses to describe transgender people -- "gender incongruence" -- is being moved to the panel's sexual health chapter from its mental disorders chapter, the WHO's legislative body has voted.

Many cancer patients and oncologists may turn to the US Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval program, which provides access to new cancer drugs faster -- especially when a life-threatening cancer needs swift treatment or relief.

E-cigarette flavors can damage the cells that line your blood vessels and perhaps your heart health down the line, according to a new study of human cells in the lab.

The rates of opioid prescriptions remain high for adolescents and young adults in the US, with certain outpatient and emergency conditions frequently prompting the use of these medications, according to a new study.

It's a feeling of extreme work stress that's long been embedded in the cultural lexicon, and now it might be codified in your medical records as well.

What's one thing you can do right now to stop stressing out? Start breathing deeply. Here's why it works.

Wang Shichang works 12 hours a day, often for six days a week. The newlywed is so busy he says he barely has time for his wife.

The global fishing fleet has more than doubled since 1950, but it's not because the fishing has gotten easier.

Maine has become the fourth state in the nation to prohibit people from opting out of immunization for religious or philosophical reasons.