Health

Since 2010, restaurants that qualify around the U.S. have had to list calorie counts on their menus as part of...

NEW YORK (AP) — The newest tool in the fight against opioid overdoses is an inexpensive test strip that can...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of foster children may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, says...

Daniel Klein, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Patient Access Network Foundation, discusses the organization's mission to help alleviate...

A school-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening concern about the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about rising teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has awarded another round of prizes totaling $2.4 million in its global technology challenge seeking...

Kurt Newman, President & CEO of the Children's National Health System, discusses how the influx of technology and preventative methods...

Guest writer Robert Tufel, Executive Director of Cancer CAREpoint, explains the importance of increasing supportive care for cancer patients after...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stand Up To Cancer says its sixth celebrity-filled telethon was its most successful yet. ...

In this collaboration with WHUT - Howard University Television, host Mark Oppenheim interviews nonprofit leaders from the Washington D.C. region...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of double-digit premium hikes, millions of people covered under the Affordable Care Act will...

A new study published in Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences found that exposure to air pollution leads to...

According to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, life expectancy in the U.S. is declining, along with...

Salvador Balcorta, Chief Executive Officer of Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe, discusses the growth and expansion of health clinics...

CHICAGO (AP) — Learning disabilities and other special education needs are common in children born with opioid-related symptoms from their...

CHICAGO (AP) — New children's concussion guidelines from the U.S. government recommend against routine X-rays and blood tests for diagnosis...

DETROIT (AP) — Some 50,000 Detroit public school students will start the school year Tuesday by drinking water from coolers,...

Leaders from nonprofits in Alaska, Minnesota, Texas and Washington D.C. discuss the important work that they do to strengthen their...

A new Harvard study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that even if you gain lots of...

A new analysis of the FDA’s Real Cost campaign aimed at preventing young teens from smoking found that the initiative...

A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that children who live near green areas and forests have...

Al Velarde, Executive Director of the Paso del Norte Children Development Center, discusses the importance in extending services to help...