Health

A new COVID variant is raising questions and capturing the attention of researchers heading into the fall and winter season. It’s called the XEC variant.

The findings from Consumer Reports follow recent recalls of cinnamon products

Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients’ immigration status in November. Florida has had a similar law since 2023.

Kentucky’s largest city has been praised for managing to raise childhood vaccination rates at a time when may places are trying to prevent further declines. But Louisville’s success is limited and the city has not been able to achieve herd immunity thresholds so far.

Dick Van Dyke is letting fans in on the secrets to his good health at 98 years old.

Boar’s Head is closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak. The company said it will also permanently discontinue production of liverwurst, the product linked to the deaths of at least nine people in the U.S.

After a deadly listeria outbreak stretched across 18 states and killed at least nine people, Boar’s Head will “indefinitely close” the Jarratt, Virginia, meat plant tied to the outbreak.

Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness.

She loves sports and has become a good luck charm for the Loyola University men’s basketball team. Here’s how she stays healthy at 105.

Girls have been hitting puberty at increasingly younger ages over the past few decades. New research looks at environmental factors that may play a role.

Taking a high dose of ADHD drugs is linked to more than five times greater risk of developing psychosis or mania, according to a new study published Thursday in the American Journal of Psychiatry. 

Avocado oil and olive oil are both flavorful, easy to use and full of healthy nutrients. But is one healthier than the other? And how can you tell which is best for you?

A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6 when combined with diet and exercise, a small new study shows.