Health News

8:05 AM on Sunday, May 31

New research shows a novel pill is helping people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer

7:09 AM on Sunday, May 31

The World Health Organization reports that five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus in eastern Congo

9:30 PM on Saturday, May 30

Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop

9:05 AM on Saturday, May 30

8:17 AM on Saturday, May 30

Postpartum depression is a potentially dangerous condition that can fill a typically joyous time with despair

6:32 AM on Saturday, May 30

The head of the World Health Organization has visited Bunia in eastern Congo, where a rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly

12:14 AM on Saturday, May 30

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture

11:13 PM on Friday, May 29

Donald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

9:18 PM on Friday, May 29

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child

4:36 PM on Friday, May 29

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year

4:05 PM on Friday, May 29

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The war in Gaza and the mass displacement of Palestinians have helped fuel an increase in marriages of young girls

5:07 AM on Friday, May 29

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak

3:36 AM on Friday, May 29

A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo

1:01 AM on Friday, May 29

A Canadian man accused of running an online operation selling lethal products in more than 40 countries has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide

7:32 PM on Monday, May 18

The virus that has caused an outbreak in Congo suspected of killing more than 130 people is less common than others that cause Ebola disease

7:00 AM on Friday, May 15

The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency