AP Health

Germany’s disease control center says that a new, more infectious variant of the mpox virus has been detected in Germany for the first time

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment

More than 2,400 Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists, social workers and other mental health workers in Southern California have begun an open-ended strike over increased workloads and staffing shortages

Mexican officials say schools have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on junk food or face heavy fines

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that votes won't be counted for a measure that would have expanded medical marijuana

People with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country polio-free

Rwanda’s health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six days

Americans who think of petrified hot dogs, frozen burritos and salty snacks when they imagine getting food at a gas station or truck stop may be pleasantly surprised during their next road trip: U.S. convenience stores are offering them more and better — though not necessarily healthier — choices

Kamala Harris has gone to church in an Atlanta suburb, addressing the faithful and encouraging Black congregants to vote as part of a nationwide campaign push known as “souls to the polls.”