AP Health

Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living

The Trump Administration's quest to “Make America Healthy Again” is targeting ultraprocessed foods

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico now have nearly 300 cases in total

The Trump administration is dropping an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of the administration’s first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump's second term began

The World Health Organization says a 4-year-old child has become the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers

A judge has continued to block President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Auburn says coach Hugh Freeze has been diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer

Federal authorities say a Tennessee gynecologist has been arrested and accused of performing unnecessary procedures on patients with re-used medical devices held under unsanitary conditions