Health

Eggs, coffee and potatoes are among the foods health experts think get a bad rap for bad reasons.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, there's been an ongoing increase in adults ages 18 to 30 who undergo tubal ligation or vasectomy, new research shows.

Patients were not able to receive organ donations because the altered records "effectively inactivated the candidates on the liver transplant waiting list," Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement.

Rates of STIs are surging in the United States. In 2022, there were nearly 1.6 million cases of chlamydia, which can lead to infertility in women.

At the time, male physicians sought to dominate health care over midwives, and anti-abortion advocates felt threatened by immigrants, historians said.

At least five states are reporting illnesses from counterfeit Botox injections. Some patients have been hospitalized.

Last fall, lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches, imported from Ecuador, sickened hundreds of children. Food manufacturers aren't required to test for lead.

The new report debunks widespread misinformation that the mRNA shots were connected to sudden cardiac death in young athletes.

Around 30% of all measles cases in the last four years were recorded from January to March, a CDC report found.

The CDC is keeping an eye on the spread of a similar fungal infection in South America that's far more contagious.

Health care providers in Arizona said they spent much of Tuesday answering questions from patients and trying to assuage fears that abortion appointments would be canceled.