The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is scaling back several childhood vaccine recommendations, prompting concerns that fewer kids will be protected as a result.

Nutritional guidance to support safe weight loss is frequently lacking for adults with obesity or type 2 diabetes receiving semaglutide or tirzepatide.

More people than ever are entering medical school, and with the number of applicants increasing, it is harder to get in.

A retrospective analysis showed there was a sharp drop in the use of diversity-related words in NIH-awarded grants following the US election in 2024.

Investigators found correlations between pregnant women with a certain socioeconomic status and receipt of substance use disorder treatment.

An aging population and a growing trend toward myopia, may bring about a substantially higher rate of open-angle glaucoma by 2060.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is weighing a change that could make warning labels on dietary supplements appear less often on packaging.

On Monday, Novo Nordisk rolled out the first GLP-1 weight-loss pill, an oral version of Wegovy. The company says the new option is designed to reach people who want the benefits of GLP-1 drugs without ...

Prenatal opioid maintenance therapy exposure is associated with significant peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in children.

The study defined the genetic architecture for 8 impulsive traits, finding that impulsivity is genetically heterogeneous.

Individuals who are Black or Hispanic are at greater risk of long-term adverse visual outcomes of diabetic retinopathy compared with other groups.

Federal health officials have decided to narrow the list of vaccines routinely recommended for US children, a move that has outraged public health experts.