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Alongside extensive reductions to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration has asked the agency to cut $2.9 billion of its spending on contracts, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the...

You don’t need to exercise every day to be healthy. Squeezing in at least 150 minutes of moderate to...

Ewan GawneBBC News, ManchesterJessica MathersMs Mathers said the couple had been "stuck not knowing what to do" as they waited for the outcome of their appeal, which had made it difficult for her to find anything other than temporary...

It’s not just the high price of eggs or the rising cost of housing that is contributing to Americans’ unhappiness over the cost of living. Health care remains stubbornly unaffordable for millions of people, according to a new survey...

Teams handling Freedom of Information Act requests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration were gutted Tuesday as part of the widespread job cuts ordered by Health and...

BBC handoutThis lack of correct care is what Rosie says resulted in her being arrested at Stansted Airport for jumping the security barriers during a manic episode in her early 20s."I was utterly delusional," she says. Following her arrest,...

Joe Grinsteiner is a gregarious online personality who touts the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. In a recent Facebook video, he produced a tube of veterinary-grade ivermectin paste — the kind made for deworming horses.He gave the tube a squeeze. Then...

The government has agreed a new funding package with pharmacy negotiators in England, leading some pharmacies to call off protests that were planned for later this week.One group representing thousands of local pharmacies was preparing to take action involving...

The consumption room was first proposed in 2017 as a response to an HIV outbreak among Glasgow's injecting drug users, the worst seen in the UK for 30 years.Health authorities had hoped that offering a sterile place for users...