Ultra-processed food significantly raises the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, according to two studies that one expert says should serve as a wake-up call for governments worldwide.

Early in the pandemic, millions of Americans who showed long COVID-like symptoms weren’t diagnosed due to testing constraints. A recent study found that 41 percent of these individuals had an immune response consistent with SARS-CoV-2 exposure, suggesting they might have had COVID-19.

The World Health Organization says the world-first summit will take an evidence-based approach, but some are skeptical that much progress will be made.

Long awaited papers by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found correlations between natural gas development and childhood cancers, asthma, and birth outcomes.

It is not uncommon for politicians or bureaucrats to lie. What seems to be unique, though, is just how common and consequential the lies were during the COVID pandemic.

Nearly 40 percent of the money raised by the WHO Foundation in its first two years came from anonymous sources, worrying some that donors may be trying to influence the World Health Organization and its role in shaping global health policy with their gifts.

Authorities should retain custody of a 5-year-old Texas boy in order to continue chemotherapy treatments that his parents have resisted, a U.S. judge has ruled.

More than 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to a new report.