Health

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin, health officials said Thursday. The CDC says nearly all the 23 people known to have been infected in the outbreak either live in or traveled to Florida about a month before they got sick.

One clinic in Austin, Texas, said it usually gets about eight calls a day on average for a vasectomy consultation, but after last week’s Supreme Court decision, the number of calls has skyrocketed to 100 a day, on average.

A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates.

The American Heart Association has added sleep duration to its checklist for optimal cardiovascular health. Here’s what healthy sleep looks like.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announced that Elmo had gotten vaccinated in public service announcement posted to YouTube.

Reacting to a surprising and growing monkeypox outbreak, U.S. health officials on Tuesday expanded the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.

Researchers have diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a Major League Soccer player for the first time.

Some U.S. adults are a step closer to getting updated COVID-19 boosters this fall, as government advisers voted Tuesday that it’s time to tweak shots to better match the most recent virus variants.

For generally healthy and non-pregnant adults, experts said there's no "magic set of pills" — noting how diet and exercise are key.

The pills were in short supply or out of stock on Monday morning on the retailers' websites.

An emergency committee said many aspects of the outbreak are “unusual” and acknowledged that monkeypox has been neglected for years.

Some companies even extend the benefit to dependents and spouses.

The e-cigarette maker had asked the court to pause what it called an “extraordinary and unlawful action” by the Food and Drug Administration that would have required it to immediately halt its business.

A federal court has put a temporary hold on the government's order for Juul to stop selling its electronic cigarettes.

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade to end constitutional protections for abortion hews closely to the leaked draft opinion that was published in May.