Violence, addiction and abuse can keep children a step behind other kids when it comes to their education, a new study says. Children who’ve experienced only a single traumatic event are more than twice as likely to...

There’s widespread support among Americans for requiring that kids be vaccinated before they can go to school, a new Harvard survey has found. About 4 in 5 U.S. adults (79%) say parents should be required to have...

Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that several of the nation’s largest health...

THC-infused gummies and vape pens will stay legal in Texas — at least for now. Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill on Sunday that would have banned the sale and use of THC consumables across the state,...

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton tore his right Achilles tendon during the team’s loss in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the team confirmed. The injury happened with about five minutes left in the first quarter. Haliburton...

Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed about 20% of their body weight over a...

Fitness trackers aren’t accurately assessing the physical activity of people with obesity, a new study argues. Differences in walking gait, speed, energy burn and other factors mean that folks with excess weight aren’t getting an accurate read...

Synthetic food dyes are added to 1 in 5 packaged foods and drinks sold by top U.S. food manufacturers, a new study says. The most common dye was Red 40, which was present in 1 out of...

People living with an autoimmune disease are nearly twice as likely to suffer from mood problems like depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder, a new large-scale study says. The risk of mood disorders is 87% to 97% higher...

If spending time around dogs or cats makes your eyes water, your nose run, your skin itch or your breathing difficult, you’re not alone. Pet allergies — allergic reactions to proteins found in an animal’s skin cells,...