The outbreak could cost billions of dollars to contain if weaknesses in the current response aren't addressed.

A national shortage of the only drug approved for pregnant women with the disease may be hampering the response.

In Pakistan, taxes on menstrual products can add up. Activists have long worked to change this. Now a new budget wipes out the 18% sales tax. But questions remain about the impact on prices.

In the U.S., 115 million adults have prediabetes, which is tied to heart disease and other health problems. A 20-year follow-up to a landmark diabetes study shows lifestyle interventions cut the risk.

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.

A large study finds you may share about a quarter of your oral and gut microbes with the people you live with. Should you worry? We asked the experts.

Importing drugs from Canada should make them anywhere from 20% to 70% cheaper, according to Colorado's governor.

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.

Cone Health is proposing a 56-bed, nearly 200,000 square-foot facility along I-74 and the Northern Beltway.

It's prime tick season, especially in the Northeast and Midwest. The prevalence of ticks is changing the way some people in highly affected areas live their lives.