AP Health

The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel's military offensive there

Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime

Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for IVF treatments, a proposal at odds with the actions of much of his own party

U.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc. The Food and Drug Administration cleared updated shots made by Novavax on Friday

The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months

Seeking to Poland’s government is easing access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, issuing guidelines to doctors that reaffirm the legality of the procedure when based on medical recommendations

Christina Hernon was saved by a doctor at a local hospital when she was 5

Alabama can continue enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Massachusetts health officials have announced a second confirmed case of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus in the state