Health

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and its subsidiaries issued a voluntary nationwide recall of its ranitidine medicines used to treat heartburn,…

After improving for the better part of a decade, air quality in the US is worsening again — and could be associated with nearly 10,000…

Researchers have found an unlikely but compelling example of sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world. The fact is…

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released draft guidance recommending a “boxed warning” on labeling materials for breast…

People failing to wash their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat or other food, is behind the spread of…

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re wide awake for the second night in a row. You get up and stumble to the kitchen for some warm milk mom swears will…

A Los Angeles County resident visited Disneyland last week while infectious with measles, health officials said late Tuesday, potentially exposing…

You may want to take your blood pressure medicine at bedtime rather than when you get up in the morning, according to a study published Tuesday in…

In a letter, a lawmaker is urging the US Food and Drug Administration to issue its compliance policy that would clear the market of unauthorized…

For the first time, advertisements for one brand of snus can say that using the smokeless tobacco product “instead of cigarettes puts you at a…

Scientists have developed a new gene-editing technology that could potentially correct up to 89% of genetic defects, including those that cause…

Researchers found evidence of what might cause acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, a rare polio-like illness that affects children. According to a…

A Massachusetts judge ruled on Monday that the state’s four-month ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products can remain in effect…

Vaping helped 50,000 to 70,000 smokers in England quit smoking in 2017, new research estimates. But different policies and cultures around…

M.J. Crumity was just an ordinary eighth-grade boy playing dodgeball in his gym class in Florida on October 1 when his pacemaker quit working. What…

A North Carolina company has issued a recall on an undisclosed amount of chicken pie and meat loaf products because the labeling did not indicate…

Six drug companies accused in thousands of lawsuits over their role in the nation’s opioid epidemic failed to reach a settlement with…

Another person has died from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in North Carolina, bringing the death toll to four. None of the victims have…

Drugmaker Sanofi is voluntarily recalling of the heartburn medication Zantac OTC. The recall impacts drugs sold in the United States and Canada.…