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Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting

A new poll shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs Republicans in Congress have focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps

Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops.

Alternative therapies for cancer care can have dire consequences, experts say.

Breaking down barriers surrounding mental health was a personal mission for Jim Irsay, the beloved owner of the Indianapolis Colts who passed away last month

Israel's spy agency Mossad claimed Friday that it was able to attack Iran from within following a barrage of strikes that targeted the heart of the country's nuclear program.

Data shows stark differences in maternal age between urban and rural areas.

The next step is a vote from the CDC's vaccine advisory committee.

Unvaccinated patients were 5.54 times more likely to die in the hospital.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill plans to send a cease and desist letter to CVS for mass text messages sent to customers lobbying against legislation and is opening an investigation into whether the pharmaceutical giant improperly used customers’...

A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation through podcasts, nonprofits and summits that specifically address their experience

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion

The Supreme Court is siding with a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy in a ruling that could make it easier for families like hers to go to court over access to education

Every month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail

Casey Harrell, who lost his voice to ALS 5 years ago, can now communicate in real time thanks to an interface which turns brain activity into speech.

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The committee has a meeting on some vaccines scheduled for the end of June.

Big changes are being are being proposed to a food aid program as part of President Donald Trump's tax-cut legislation

Stings from Asian needle ants can lead to anaphylaxis.

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University, says Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s action makes the U.S. “less prepared for infectious disease threats.”

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Terminally ill New Yorkers would have the legal ability to end their own lives with pharmaceutical drugs under a bill that's been approved by the New York state Legislature

The committee makes recommendations on the safety and efficacy of vaccines.

Most infections with Naegleria fowleri occur when people swim in contaminated water and submerge their heads, causing the amoeba to enter the nose.

The letter called for staff to be reinstated and funding to be restored.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.

The U.S. is up to 1,197 confirmed measles cases this year

The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, can lead to a rare brain infection known as PAM.

President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.”

Dr. Alok Patel breaks down this week’s top health headlines, including new research linking chronic marijuana use to heart disease, a rise in measles cases and more.

Federal health officials say a salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest

The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at dozens of rules aimed at protecting the environment, including one that requires big polluters to report greenhouse gas emissions

Just as the summer season begins, the FDA has recalled tomatoes sold under the brand name H&C Farms in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina due to potential salmonella contamination.

Two Chinese researchers are accused of smuggling a dangerous fungus, known to cause billions of dollars in crop damage worldwide each year, into the U.S.

People on calorie-restricted diets were more likely to be clinically depressed compared to people on other diets, according to a new study from BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health.

ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton breaks down the study and risks seniors should be aware of while using cannabis.