Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway, 17, has faced not one but two unrelenting threats to her life. Diagnosed at 11 months of age with cystic fibrosis, the progressive genetic disease that causes lung infections and breathing impairment, Isabelle has also combated an on-again, off-again infection caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria since age 8.
Among the details that emerged from a trial of opioid executives was a rap video with a top official dressed as a fentanyl bottle and testimony about another executive performing a lap dance for a doctor.
Hollywood has been outspoken against a controversial Georgia abortion law, and now the heads of three production companies are saying they will not film in the state.
Teaching middle-school children about climate change may be one of the most important things we can do to save the planet. Yes, the same ones doing those funny "Fortnite" dances while waiting for the bus in the morning. It's those kids who have the most potential, according to a new study.
There have been 736 cases of mumps reported in the United States this year as of April 26, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Largely forgotten by China's health system, young transgender men and women are turning to dangerous alternatives such as a black market drugs and even life-threatening self surgery, according to a new report.
Nearly 60 years after the Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill, women and health activists across America are campaigning to make the oral contraceptive truly accessible to all.
A vaccine researcher in Texas tweeted a map this week that showed an upward trend in vaccine exemptions in the Lone Star State. More and more, parents were opting school-age children out of getting vaccinated.
Hepatitis A, a vaccine-preventable illness, like measles, has made a resurgence among adults in the United States who are at risk for the infection, according to a new report.
What you think about Georgia becoming the latest state to sign a bill that would ban abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected is of no consequence for this story. We've heard that women often don't know they're pregnant at six weeks. We asked experts to tell us why.
For the first time since 1882, when the first coal-fired power plant started running in the UK, the country has gone coal-free for a full week, according to the National Grid's Electricity System Operator (ESO).
