A factor that has changed over time is hospitalization due to severe COVID infections. On Aug. 1, the statewide seven-day ...

On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its latest report analyzing data on the state of obesity ...

The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of ...

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, ...

Some states and hospital systems have updated their policies on drug testing for pregnant women and newborns, aiming to ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, scientists are hoping to identify brain wave patterns associated with the ...

A sentencing hearing set for Monday has been delayed for one week for an Orange County man who ran a company that marketed ...

For decades, public health officials and anti-tobacco activists have talked about the “endgame” in tobacco control.

The action against Invitation Homes is the first resulting from an FTC workforce formed earlier this year. The group was ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...

The myths being spread by high-level Republicans are hitting especially hard in Massachusetts, which has the third-largest ...

September is Falls Prevention Awareness Month. The risk of falling, and fall-related problems, rises with age. In fact, the ...