AP Health

Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the country's northwest, killing a police officer assigned to protect them

Scaling back treatment for some cancers can make life easier for patients without hurting the outcomes

Oregon authorities have closed the state's entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an outbreak of shellfish poisoning they described as “unprecedented.”

The World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox and better respond to dangerous outbreaks

U.S. health officials are warning parents to avoid a brand of powdered infant formula sold by a Texas dairy producer that may contain a dangerous bacteria

Health care delivery experts say patients in the U.S. need more help dealing with a system that is growing increasingly complex

The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to the shots deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic

Doctors say a woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis after surgeons removed the gradually failing organ

Intermittent fasting, where people eat what they want, but only during certain daily windows of time, has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years

South Sudan has received its first batch of a new malaria vaccine from the World Health Organization, an important step in efforts to battle a disease that is the biggest killer of children in this African country