AP Health

The Biden administration is releasing a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from those farms, in some cases raising cancer risk “several orders of magnitude” above what the Environmental Protection Agency considers acceptable, federal officials announced Tuesday

The Princess of Wales visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer

Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency after reporting its second case of mpox in less than four days

Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink

New research suggests that Americans' risk for developing dementia over a lifetime may be higher than previously thought

New research suggests that Americans' risk for developing dementia over a lifetime may be higher than previously thought

Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to move deeper into treating central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic

The wildfires tearing through Los Angeles have taken lives and thousands of homes