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Purdue Pharma, the company that’s earned billions of dollars distributing selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, said Thursday it’s considering filing for bankruptcy as it battles lawsuits aimed at holding the firm accountable for the national opioid crisis.

Air pollution causes more deaths than smoking and causes almost double the number of deaths researchers had previously thought, according to a new study published Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania mom says she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer not long after giving birth to her daughter.

Dr. Christopher John Salgado, who appeared on TLC’s reality show “I Am Jazz,” has reportedly been fired from the University of Miami Health System after allegedly posting photos of his transgender patients’ genitals online.

The 4-year-old daughter of a Florida officer was made an honorary state trooper in Pennsylvania this week amid a cancer diagnosis that landed her at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP).

A beautiful dance shared between a 3-year-old girl and her grandfather was captured on camera and shared on Facebook by her Marine father.

Butterball has issued a recall for over 78,000 pounds of ground turkey that was produced in July, but may still be in consumers’ freezers.

Johnson & Johnson must pay $29 million to a woman who claimed that the asbestos in the company's talcum powder-based products caused her terminal cancer, a California jury ruled Wednesday.

The terminally ill Connecticut man who spoke to President Trump on the phone, fulfilling his final wish, died on Tuesday.

Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection.

U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and online.

A federal judge in New York has denied a request to let 44 unvaccinated children return to school after their parents sued the Rockland County Health Department over a policy enacted in December.

The heartbroken parents of a 3-year-old boy in the U.K. said that when they noticed that their son was developing a new, crooked smile they simply thought that maybe he was imitating someone he had seen.

 It’s long been assumed that women who get pregnant on birth control pills somehow erred, possibly by forgetting a dose.

This industrial city in central Massachusetts has had many nicknames through the years, including "the Heart of the Commonwealth" and "Wormtown." Among them was this less-known medical moniker: "Hepatitisville."

A new Italian law reportedly put into effect Tuesday makes parents get their kids vaccinated for school or risk new penalties.

Vascular risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity have been linked to less healthy brains, according to a new study published Monday.

Health officials are warning about possible measles exposure for travelers who went through Los Angeles International Airport after confirming one case in a person who visited LAX while infectious on Feb. 21.

A Pittston, Pennsylvania company is recalling 35,459 pounds of chicken fried rice because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, a notice from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said Monday.

The company behind Pillsbury has announced a voluntary recall for its unbleached all-purpose 5-pound flour product over concerns about potential salmonella contamination.