Health News

1:33 PM on Sunday, February 15

The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will no longer treat tooth decay with dental fillings containing mercury

7:37 AM on Sunday, February 15

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s been a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis

7:28 AM on Sunday, February 15

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis

5:48 PM on Saturday, February 14

The idea of taking more than a two-week vacation from work to recover from burnout or rethink life is slowly gaining supporters in the United States

4:14 PM on Saturday, February 14

Lindsey Vonn says the latest surgery on her left leg that she broke in the Olympic downhill “went well” and now she “will be able to finally go back to the U.S.” The 41-year-old Vonn is being treated at a hospital in Treviso, Italy

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Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended some operations at one of Gaza's largest functioning hospitals after patients and staff said they witnessed armed, masked men in parts of the compound

4:57 PM on Friday, February 13

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a reprimand against a Houston doctor for prescribing ivermectin to a patient at a hospital where she did not have privileges

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The United States has sent a shipment of medicine and medical supplies to Venezuela, reflecting what many say is a new spirit of cooperation between the two countries

11:05 AM on Friday, February 13

The southern African nation of Malawi has launched a new polio vaccination campaign this week in another reminder that the world still hasn’t managed to eradicate the disease despite a concerted effort for more than 35 years

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9:34 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now

9:27 PM on Thursday, February 12

5:56 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”