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A Texas lawmaker and a pro-vaccine doctor got into a Twitter spat on Tuesday when the Republican representative accused the pediatrician of peddling “sorcery” and accused those defending science of being "typical leftist(s) trying to take credit for something only The Lord God Almighty is in control of."

More U.S. women are dying from pregnancy-related causes, and more than half of those deaths are preventable, government health officials said in a report Tuesday.

When he isn’t smoking cigars and laying low in his native of Memphis, Tennessee, pediatric cardiac surgeon Dr. William Novick is battling bombs and bureaucracy in some of the most dangerous frontlines of the world. And now he is at the forefront in promoting a different kind of U.S. diplomacy: medical foreign policy.

A pair of Texas siblings born with a rare genetic disorder got the call they needed recently when they found out a deceased donor could provide them both with life-changing kidneys.

Health officials in Seattle are warning about a Canadian traveler who passed through popular tourist spots in late April while infected with measles.

A working mom-of-two was left looking like she had “botched lip fillers” after suffering an allergic reaction to a bargain $80 teeth whitening treatment she had done at home.

When people slather on sunscreen, chemicals in the products are absorbed into the bloodstream, and the health effects are still unknown, a new government study reports.

The family of an Indiana teen who was critically injured while allegedly attempting a “choking challenge” he saw online said that he donated his organs on Monday afternoon.

William Bennett, the nation’s first drug czar, said Monday that the debate about the opioid overdose epidemic wrongly focuses on prescription drugs.

The parents of a nearly 8-month-old California boy are searching high and low for answers after he became one of an estimated 50 people to ever be diagnosed with a genetic disorder that currently has no treatment or cure.

We know that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed a 7 pound, 3-ounce baby boy on Monday morning, but what we don't yet know is whether the son of one of the world's most famous redheads shares his dad's "ginger" locks. 

U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25 years.

A first-time mom was shocked to discover that her newborn entered the world with two fully formed teeth, which she only discovered after she went to feed her for the first time.

Arizona is seeing a surge in hepatitis A cases, mostly in the Tucson area but also in metro Phoenix, health officials say.

One moment, then 15-year-old Hamama was playing in the mountains with her farm animals in her poor family’s remote property in the Homs countryside. In the next moment all of her family, much of her memory, and almost her entire face was gone. But thanks to the U.S advocacy group Burnt Children’s Relief Foundation (BCRF) and American medical professionals, with support from the State Department to navigate the murky and complex terrain of visa red tape, Syrian children like Hamama have a second chance to repair the pieces of their broken bodies and lives.

Matthew Blurton from Yorkshire was simply doing volunteer work in Africa last December when he experienced alarming symptoms.

Tyson Foods, Inc. has greatly expanded the recall of its frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products because they may contain “pieces of metal.”

The CDC certainly had some cooks steaming over their tweet last week that advised consumers to stop washing raw chicken before cooking it.

Eighty-four percent of expectant mothers doubted the health choices they made during pregnancy, according to a new survey.

A Church of Scientology cruise ship has been quarantined on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia due to a confirmed case of the measles, but NYU medical professor Dr. Marc Siegel says the best thing the passengers can do is keep their cool.