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The measles outbreak in southwest Kansas is officially over, but the threat of new cases remains, state health officials announced Thursday.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said that two full incubation ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been amicably married for 16 years. We enjoy each other's company and are home together a lot. However, over the last year or so, I have had an increasingly hard time hearing what he's ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Catholic priest who worked in Orlando churches for more than a decade faces sexual abuse accusations from sheriff’s investigators and a lawsuit that accuses him of grooming and then abusing a child ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The vaccination rate for Orange County kindergarteners hit a 20-year low this year, and experts fear that with fewer children immunized, outbreaks of infectious diseases are likely.

The percentage of ...Read more

In simple terms, pediatricians save children, while Bobby Kennedy kills children. And so the dangerous quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now attacking the American Academy of Pediatrics, ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've recently been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. I'm trying to understand what IBD is and how it will affect me. Will I need surgery?

ANSWER: Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is an ...Read more

A recent visit to my old stomping grounds in California took us to a wine and cheese tasting at my favorite winery. And what a treat to see the owners, Bill and Mary, who are old friends. Both are doing well and looking ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I'm in a long-term relationship with an incredible guy I'll call "Jerry." We both have grown children, his parents and family are amazing, and we all get along wonderfully.

Jerry works hard as a health-care ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: My grandson has just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I'm wondering which new therapies are out there for consideration in treating this. Are there any new discoveries involving gene-altering, ...Read more

Parkinson's disease (PD) affects around 1 million Americans, with 90,000 new cases diagnosed annually. And while you can live for 10 to 30 years with the condition, its impact on quality of life is far-reaching, affecting ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My elderly father died several months ago, and I miss him so much. He was fortunate to have lived a long and healthy life up until the very end. He was an encouragement to me,...Read more

Heading into the respiratory illness season, states and clinicians are working to encourage pregnant patients to get COVID-19 vaccinations, even though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services no longer recommends ...Read more

Maryland is the first state to tap into an old fund connected to the Affordable Care Act to help solve a new problem: helping pay the expenses of patients who travel to Maryland for an abortion.

With abortion now ...Read more

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The immune system is meant to protect the body from infection and disease. But with age, it can become less capable of doing so. However, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that some older people ...Read more

Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage.

Such drug plans are used by millions of ...Read more

Q: Thank you for your helpful columns, Rabbi. I don't recall where I heard this, but it changed my perspective on forgiveness. (And there have been incidents in my life where I struggled with what I thought forgiveness...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I had two sons, "Seth" and "Jason," who were best buddies. Seth passed away a year and a half ago, which has been really hard on us all, but especially on Jason. He's now 17 and in high school. He...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 52-year-old woman who was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia in October 2024. I went through a cardiac workup for pain in my left arm and found this out.

My cardiologist put me on a ...Read more

The Delta Rhythm Boys sang "Hip bone connected to the thigh bone, thigh bone connected to the knee bone," and on and on. We can, unfortunately, sing the same kind of tune about obesity and cancer.

Obesity now claims more ...Read more