These days Americans can agree on few things, but unfortunately, pizza, soup and chicken aren’t among them, a new study says. Those three foods are some of the main sources of sodium for Americans of all racial...

New variant has been spotted in the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific regions

Losing just 6.5% of body weight in midlife may lower later risk of disease and premature death, new research shows. Researchers found that people who lost about 6.5% of their body weight — without using weight loss...

The top U.S. health agency will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women. Tuesday’s announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypasses the typical vaccine recommendation process,...

Singer and actress Miley Cyrus says a rare voice disorder called Reinke’s edema is behind her famous raspy voice — and also makes singing live very hard. The 32-year-old pop star recently discussed the condition during an...

Motorcycle helmet laws save lives and prevent many severe injuries, according to a new head-to-head study comparing two states. North Carolina mandates helmets for all motorcyclists, while South Carolina only requires riders younger than 21 to wear...

A grid of electrodes slapped on a person’s back might soon be able to help treat pain, spasms and paralysis, a new study says. The electrodes deliver enough low-voltage electrical stimulation through the skin to change the...

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), more women might soon benefit from targeted breast cancer treatment, a new study says. AI can help identify women who might be helped by cancer therapies that target HER2, a protein that...

Preschoolers who don’t naturally lose weight are more likely to develop full-fledged childhood obesity by age 9, a new study says. Most kids tend to see their body-mass index (BMI) decline between ages 1 and 6, before...

Higher temperatures spurred by climate change could be increasing women’s risk of cancer, a new study says. Increasing heat in the Middle East and North Africa has made breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers more common and...