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The Fox News Health Newsletter brings you trending and important stories about health warnings, drug shortages, mental health issues and more in this weekly recap.

A pill to fight dangerous gut infections has been approved by the FDA. The pill is made from healthy bacteria found in human waste. It is approved for adults 18 and older.

German tech company HMNC Brain Health aims to use AI to predict, diagnose and treat depression. CMO Dr. Hans Eriksson and Dr. Daniel Gerlach, associate scientific director, weighed in.

Up to 80% of aging adults lack the financial resources to pay for two years of nursing home care or four years in an assisted living community, a new study found.

A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that learning to play a musical instrument can help keep brains young, plus make people better listeners. The study is out of China.

Comedian and actor Richard Lewis, age 75, announced recently he's been diagnosed with late-onset Parkinson's disease. Here's how it differs from early-onset Parkinson's.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, found that taking sleep medication could reduce Alzheimer's-related proteins in the brain, but there are caveats.

UNICEF, WHO, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are planning to reverse a pandemic-driven decline in routine childhood vaccinations by launching a new initiative.

As the need for mental health care escalates amid provider shortages, medical technology companies like OM1 have turned to AI to help improve patient care. But some experts have worries.

Kristie Dusenberry, an Idaho mother and grandmother, nearly lost her son to carbon monoxide poisoning recently. Experts share safety tips to combat rising rates of exposure and to stay healthy.

Early detection and treatment is key to catching and treating skin cancer successfully. Doctors recommend performing regular self-exams. Here is the latest "Be Well" series article.

After plummeting in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, strep throat infections skyrocketed in February 2023 and remain elevated, according to a report from Epic Research.

A severe reaction to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was blamed for the death of Dr. Stephen Wright by a coroner in the United Kingdom. Wright passed away in January 2021.

People who get influenza could be six times more susceptible to having a heart attack in the days following the flu diagnosis, a new study from the Netherlands has found.

Researchers have developed a model to predict strokes with more accuracy than current models. Study authors used AI methods and available data from when patients enter the hospital.

In the Annals of Internal Medicine, several physicians — including infectious disease specialists — wrote that it’s time to remove masking requirements in health care facilities.

Some experts believe ChatGPT, the AI chatbot from OpenAI, could help physicians provide more efficient and thorough patient care — but there are potential risks.

Hoping to get better sleep tonight? Getting this amount of moderate aerobic exercise each day will help to see a benefit, according to a Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep researcher.

Massachusetts officials said the Avian Flu was detected among a cluster of dead swans recently found over several weeks.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a rise in vaccine hesitancy, according to a UNICEF report. Public perception of polio and measle vaccines for kids have declined.