Health

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson reached a $20.4 million settlement agreement with two Ohio counties ahead of the landmark opioid trial…

A person in their 60s has died of Eastern equine encephalitis, Connecticut health officials said Tuesday. The death is the third in Connecticut this…

A British psychiatrist has warned of the mental health impact of political events after a man suffered acute psychotic illness triggered by Brexit.…

Another state has announced plans to work toward banning the sale of certain e-cigarette products. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday called for a…

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has reduced the number of deaths in the state from Eastern equine encephalitis from four to three,…

Leading nutritional experts in the United States and the UK are fired up about new dietary recommendations claiming there’s no need to reduce…

Sixteen students at an Indianapolis area high school were accidentally injected with small doses of insulin during a tuberculosis test Monday, the…

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease linked to a state fair this month in North Carolina has grown to 79 confirmed cases, including 55…

As part of their fight against the opioid crisis, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration have issued joint…

Nebraska health officials on Monday announced the state’s first death due to severe lung disease linked to vaping, bringing the nationwide…

Two women a day are dying unnecessarily from heart attacks in England and Wales because of a gender gap in awareness, diagnosis and treatment, a…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found another unusual way animals can get humans sick. Luckily, this one doesn’t involve…

Tucked away in the quiet English countryside on more than 47 acres, GW Pharmaceuticals is doing something no other drug company can do: produce the…

The United States Food and Drug Administration is warning pet owners to stay away from Performance Dog frozen raw pet food produced on or after July…

When multidrug-resistant pathogens kept reappearing on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit,…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has called for the state to impose an emergency ban on all flavored vaping products, including those that contain nicotine…

Two reports published Friday shed more light on the mysterious, growing outbreak of lung injuries linked to vaping, highlighting the prevalence of…

A major UN report released this week shows the sea level is rising around the globe, which means people who live in coastal cities face real risks…

Looking on the bright side could save your life. People who look at life from a positive perspective have a much stronger shot at avoiding death from…

Hundreds more cases of vaping-related lung injuries across the United States have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…

They’re in our oceans, soil, air, snow — and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics…

A Maine woman has a message for United Healthcare after it sent her over 500 letters: Make it stop! Please! Stephanie Lay said she found the piles of…

A pharmaceutical company that whistleblowers alleged paid doctors to prescribe its main drug and urged salespeople to push it as a way to control…

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease linked to a state fair this month in North Carolina has grown to 25 confirmed cases, including one death,…