Tall and stony-faced, with a long and bitter history of fighting for democracy, Tongan leader Akilisi Pōhiva is not someone you'd expect to break down in tears at an intergovernmental summit.
It's "immoral and irresponsible" not to vaccinate migrants in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection against flu, said a letter sent Friday from 13 US senators to US Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan and US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned leading e-cigarette maker Juul Labs about illegally marketing its product as a safer alternative to cigarettes.
The cost of cancer treatment has gotten so high that patients and their families are turning to crowdfunding websites, like GoFundMe. But a new study found that cancer patients raising money on GoFundMe are only reaching about a quarter of their goal on average.
The number of people worldwide who die from suicide is declining but one person still kills themselves every 40 seconds, according to new figures from the World Health Organization, which said countries needed to do more to stop these preventable deaths.
The Massachusetts Department of Health announced two new cases of Eastern equine encephalitis -- more often known by the acronym EEE -- have been confirmed on Friday.
The suicide rate rose 41% in the United States from 1999 to 2016, and the people at the highest risk have a few factors in common, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open on Friday.
US health officials announced Friday that they are now aware of at least 450 possible cases of severe lung disease that could be caused by vaping. These cases, which have occurred in 33 states and one jurisdiction, include some cases that are still under investigation by state health officials.
Exposure to the World Trade Center disaster is significantly associated with long-term cardiovascular disease risk in New York firefighters, according to a new study. That risk may vary depending on when the firefighters arrived to the site.
A 73-year-old Indian woman has given birth to twin girls. Erramatti Mangayamma, a farmer from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, is believed to be the oldest person ever to give birth.
There were high levels of the chemical vitamin E acetate in nearly all cannabis-containing samples analyzed as part of an investigation into vaping-related lung illnesses, the New York State Department of Health said Thursday.
A new study shows that using mouthwash after exericse might reduce the blood pressure lowering benefits of the workout. The story of why remains a mystery.
The chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy asked the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to take "appropriate enforcement action" against e-cigarette maker Juul.
A California beef processing and packaging company has announced a recall of approximately 25,000 pounds of beef after declaring it's just not safe to eat, the USDA said.
