When glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) like semaglutide (Wegovy) and liraglutide (Saxenda) were approved for ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to fire all the members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and replace them with members of his own ...

About one in five women may discontinue IUD use within a year, often due to increased bleeding and cramping. A smaller IUD ...

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, slashing nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid ...

Medicaid and other government health insurance programs, in particular, have proved to be a powerful economic backstop for ...

COVID vaccination prevented an estimated 2.5 million deaths globally from December 2020 to October 2024, with lives saved ...

As hospitals continue to grapple with long wait times in emergency departments (EDs), some patient advocates have pushed for "safe staffing committees" to deal with the problem, but the idea has ...

Across four prospective U.S. cohorts, 4.5% of those 18-49 years old met criteria for COPD, defined as spirometric airflow ...

For years, we've told our patients that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination works best when administered before sexual ...

According to Varma, African Americans have a high rate of visual impairment and are especially likely to develop open-angle ...

In a rare, off-season occurrence, a man in Oregon contracted plague from his infected cat, researchers reported.

Bypassing its standard pathways for scientific discussions, FDA has recently held a slew of so-called "expert panels" that ...