Fatal overdoses are down in most parts of the country. Worcester, Massachusetts, has seen a dramatic drop in deaths. Officials credit a hands-on approach to helping drug users where they are.

Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.

After the Zika outbreak ended in Brazil, many families faced a new reality: a child whose life was irrevocably altered after the mother contracted the virus while pregnant. Here's what happened next.

Amid NIH funding delays, clawbacks and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.

An Illinois woman was forced to give birth in her truck, mere minutes after being discharged from an Indiana hospital.

It's a holiday that can be stressful. Complex family dynamics often become a powder keg when we gather around the table for turkey and stuffing.

The first partial face transplant was performed by a team of doctors in France on Isabelle Dinoire, a French woman who was mauled on the face by her pet dog after an overdose of sleeping pills in May 2005.

Is the White House open to extending Affordable Care Act subsidies?

Medicare announced 15 lower drugs after a second round of negotiations with pharmaceutical companies. The drugs include Ozempic and also drugs to treat asthma, breast cancer and leukemia.

A new review of scientific evidence of the medical benefits of cannabis finds no evidence that it helps with the three top conditions for which people use it: pain, anxiety and insomnia.