HEALTH

A massive recall is getting most of the blame for the U.S. baby formula shortage, but experts say the products have long been vulnerable to this type of crisis.

Stroke is something that affects many of us, whether it’s happened to us personally or to someone we love, but oftentimes, the perception is that strokes can only happen to older people. That assumption is wrong.

Health authorities in Europe, North America, Israel and Australia have identified more than 100 cases of monkeypox in recent days.

New research says the contamination of fruits and vegetables produced in the European Union by some of the most toxic pesticides has substantially increased over the past decade.

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was confirmed by the U.N. health agency’s member countries for a second five-year term on Tuesday.

China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against the worst outcomes from COVID-19.

Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden is seeking to calm concerns about recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States.

Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world.

Israeli authorities say they have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases.

The White House is planning for what it calls “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19.

The first flights of infant formula from Europe, authorized by President Joe Biden to relieve a deepening U.S. shortage, will arrive in Indiana aboard military aircraft this weekend.

Germany’s health minister is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is not over yet.

President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and has authorized flights to import supply from overseas.

Massachusetts has reported a case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada.

The White House says Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, has COVID-19 and will no longer accompany her mother to Latin America trip.

Selena Gomez joined first lady Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at the White House on Wednesday for a conversation about youth mental health.

President Joe Biden’s top health official has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest member of his Cabinet to be infected with the virus.

Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States — and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.

Some U.S. moms looking for baby formula that is in short supply are dealing with another layer of stress — people asking why they don't just breastfeed.

Companies that collect data from the digital clues people leave online often know their most sensitive health information _ gleaned from web searches, health apps and location trackers.

Germany's health minister says the government plans to spend another 830 million euros ($872 million) to buy new coronavirus vaccines that will allow the country to deal with a series of possible variants this fall.

Portuguese health authorities have confirmed five cases of monkeypox in young men, marking an unusual outbreak in Europe of a disease typically limited to Africa.

North Korea on Wednesday added hundreds of thousands of infections to its growing pandemic caseload.

A new study says pollution of all types is killing 9 million people a year.

A new report finds far fewer Americans said “I do” during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended.

A judge has suspended Michigan’s dormant ban on abortion, saying it likely violates the state constitution.

The head of the World Health Organization says China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant.

Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year.