Diagnosis and treatment

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer's Covid antiviral pill, Paxlovid, for adults who are at high risk of getting severely sick with the…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Expedited drug approvals slowed this year as the Food and Drug Administration's controversial…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis hospital says it has paused, not stopped, its gender-affirming services in response to possible legal action by civil rights advocates who…

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green took the oath of office on Monday and immediately vowed to address…

By TOM MURPHY - AP Health Writer It's now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.Hearing aids can now be sold…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say a Memphis hospital is no longer providing gender-affirming surgeries, a move they argue is illegal and…

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The nation's first trial on a ban on gender-confirming care for children ended Thursday,…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) More than 44% of teens reported…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved the first pharmaceutical-grade version of the so-called fecal…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S.…