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North Carolina is again delaying its health plan specifically designed for Medicaid enrollees with behavioral and intellectual disabilities. The plan will be pushed back by six months.

Two people have died from cholera in post-quake Syria. People fear its recent disaster which damaged the country’s health and water infrastructure could cause a spike in cases.

As residents of East Palestine, Ohio, struggle in the aftermath of the train derailment, a company in Boca Raton, Florida, has pledged to provide free medical care to victims.

Adding eggs to your daily diet may help prevent cardiovascular disease by up to 60%, a study published in the journal Nutrients found. Just keep your total saturated fat intake in mind.

A study published in Heart Rhythm found that some fitness trackers can potentially interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators.

CDC officials issued a warning to health care providers this week about an uptick nationwide in bacterial infections of "extensively drug-resistant" shigellosis.

A recent study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research pinpointed the three best medications for acute lower back pain, characterized as pain lasting 12 weeks or less.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is moving to require patients to see a doctor in person before receiving prescriptions for some controlled medications.

A nurse at a New York hospital lost her job and is under investigation after she was caught on video allegedly slamming a baby face-first onto a bassinet.

The FDA has authorized the first over-the-counter home test that can detect both influenza A and B as well as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

A working committee for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found insufficient evidence to recommend more than one yearly COVID-19 booster.

A simple urine test could detect pancreatic and prostate cancer with up to a 99% rate of accuracy, says a new study from the Korea Institute of Materials Science. Other experts weigh in.

Older adults who take laxatives on a regular basis could face a 51% higher risk of developing dementia compared to those who do not use them, a new study indicates.

Former food and pharmaceutical consultant Calley Means said the push by medical experts to put kids on anti-obesity drugs is a distraction from the root cause.

More than half of all U.S. states are failing to protect schools' drinking water from lead contamination, according to a new report from Environment America.

A new study found that pancreatic cancer rates are rising faster among women than men; the study was published recently in the journal Gastroenterology. Here's what doctors advise.

A new study from Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan found that one in three parents are giving their kids fever-reducing medicine when it’s not really needed.

Average daily screen time for kids is more than double the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

The CDC's updated immunization schedule recommends that children between six months and 18 years old should receive the full COVID vaccine series and booster.

A new study found that previous COVID-19 infection offers at least the same level of protection as two doses of vaccines, lasting for 40 weeks or longer.