Roughly 4000 Australians are dying of asbestos-related diseases each year — twice as many lives lost in the nation’s annual road toll. But exposure to asbestos among women and children …
A growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, following the deaths of six people in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in …
The people that president-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration include a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host. All of …
More aerobic exercise in middle and old age may reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease — even for people with a predisposition to the disease, a new study …
PORTLAND, Ore. — Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found …
VANG VIENG, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing …
NEW YORK — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City. But …
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly …
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views …
President-elect Donald Trump ‘s plan to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Health and Human Services Department will put a prominent vaccine skeptic at the helm of the …