AP Health

Canada has named a former deputy commissioner with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the country’s fentanyl czar

Georgia’s state Senate has passed a bill that would cut off public funding for gender affirming care for adults

Tuscany on Tuesday approved a law regulating medically assisted suicide, the first region to approve a right-to-die legislation in Roman Catholic Italy after the constitutional court effectively legalized the procedure in 2019

A federal judge has told government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets they removed to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump

Several brands of canned tuna sold at stores including Trader Joe's, Costco and H-E-B have been recalled because they might be contaminated with the type of bacteria that causes botulism

German investigators say a doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients and, in five cases, trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires

Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine

Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions

The global chemical maker Bayer is backing an expanded effort to shield itself from lawsuits alleging its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year