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The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water

Kennedy said his "opinions about vaccines are irrelevant."

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the massive cuts to the department's workforce and laid out his priorities for the Trump administration's proposed budget.

Republicans again have their eyes on Medicaid, the government health program.

Allergy sufferers say their conditions have gotten worse. Human-amplified climate change may be playing a part.

Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States in 2024 to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new CDC report published Wednesday morning.

Drug overdose deaths fell from 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024.

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The United States gains 12 pregnancy heat-risk days per year on average.

A judge has ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs in a unit of a small U.S. health agency

Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion has been struck down

ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton has tips on how to relieve seasonal allergy symptoms.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed a bill into law to make Maryland the first state to use money collected from a surcharge on insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act to pay for an abortion grant program

U.S. health officials say they plan to phase out fluoride-containing supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, citing possible health risks

California’s governor once again called upon the state’s cities and counties to ban homeless encampments

The spread of New World Screwworm caused the U.S. to suspend imports.

Imports of livestock from the southern border have been banned due to the spread of a flesh-eating pest in Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.

U.S. health officials say a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people

President Donald Trump’s plan to change the pricing model for some medications is facing fierce criticism from the pharmaceutical industry before he’s even signed an executive order he says will lower the costs of drugs

Medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel joins ABC News Live to discuss at-home cervical cancer tests, food dyes bans, and other top health stories.

Means has risen to prominence within the "Make America Healthy Again" movement.

Hawaii's attorney general's office says pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay the state $700 million to settle its lawsuit over the efficacy and safety of the blood thinner Plavix

ABC News medical contributor Alok Patel discusses the measles outbreak as it surpasses 1,000 cases for the first time in 5 years, according to the CDC.

RFK Jr. previously said he wants to phase out petroleum-based dyes.

Measles cases have been recorded in 30 states, CDC data shows.

Vaccination teams are part of an effort by health authorities across Mexico to contain the country’s biggest measles outbreak in decades

The United States will cut $50 million in aid a year to the southern African country of Zambia because of the “systematic” theft of medicines and medical products the money paid for

A new U.S. government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, defined as cancer diagnosed before age 50

The senators expressed concerns that cuts could diminish quality of health care.

Nine schools across the city were found to have degrading, chipping interiors.

Experts say climate change and carbon emissions are leading to longer seasons.

Bill Gates is in Indonesia to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives with the leader of the world’s fourth most populous country

Research shows that allergy seasons may be hitting people harder by starting earlier, lasting longer and creating more pollen.

Health inequities around the world are cutting lives by decades, according to a new report by the World Health Organization.

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center

Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have agreed to a $750 million settlement of hundreds of sexual abuse claims by patients of imprisoned former gynecologist Robert Hadden

Utah dentists say they’re bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state’s most vulnerable people

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage

So far, 70 human cases have been confirmed, according to the CDC.

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D

Peloton instructor Kirsten Ferguson offers advice on how to improve your well-being through walking and much more.

More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts in the Trump administration’s first 100 days

Plus, why some parents are cancelling autism diagnosis tests for their children, the placebo trial requirement for vaccines and more top headlines.