Health News

9:04 AM on Friday, April 24

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression

3:14 AM on Friday, April 24

Authorities in Indonesia’s capital are seeking to remove at least 10 tons of janitor fish from the city’s waterways

11:27 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump’s decision to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug is a boon for the industry

5:54 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump, known for popularizing the term "fake news," seems to have shifted focus to a healthy dose of fake math in defending impossibly large cuts to prescription drug prices

2:07 PM on Thursday, April 23

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been disputing claims of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's 2025 tax and spending law

2:04 PM on Thursday, April 23

If you’ve missed rooting around in your cereal box for a toy, you’re in luck

1:32 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump's administration has reclassified medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug

12:09 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products

10:44 AM on Thursday, April 23

Many have heard about the shocking moment when Tourette's activist John Davidson hurled an involuntary racial slur at Michael B

8:30 AM on Thursday, April 23

DNA and other confidential health data from 500,000 U.K. Biobank volunteers were offered for sale online in China after a data breach this week, the British government says

7:16 AM on Thursday, April 23

A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades

5:51 AM on Thursday, April 23

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants government food assistance programs to cover rotisserie chicken from grocery stores

1:57 AM on Thursday, April 23

Some people in Sudan say they have struggled to obtain medicines, and the war in Iran has made that worse

4:02 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has concluded a marathon of budget hearings with federal lawmakers

3:59 PM on Wednesday, April 22

U.S. health officials have stopped the publication of a study on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations

3:52 PM on Wednesday, April 22

California lawmakers are pushing for stronger protections for detained immigrants in hospitals

1:47 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline

1:42 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Authorities say a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant has killed two people and sent about 30 others to the hospital, including one person in serious condition

9:03 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill

11:02 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies