AP Health

A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s transgender health care ban discriminates against state employees and violates their civil rights

Advocates say air conditioning is no longer a luxury but a public health and affordability issue

Gov. Maura Healey says she is pressing Steward Health Care to adhere to a state Department of Public Health regulation that hospital owners must give 120 days notice before any medical facility can close in Massachusetts

Two couples who sued an Alabama hospital and in-vitro fertilization clinic where their embryos were accidentally destroyed have dropped their wrongful death lawsuit

Family doctors in England have voted to limit the number of patients they see and refuse extra work to protest a “broken” funding model

African health officials say mpox cases have surged by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of treatments or vaccines on the continent

African health officials say mpox cases have surged by 160% so far this year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of treatments or vaccines on the continent

Authorities in New Mexico say recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across the state found at least one violation in 88% of them

Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of mpox as Africa's health officials are racing to contain the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines

Millions of children are going without extra food on the table this summer, after 13 states said no to joining a federal program that helps families in need buy groceries