The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has strengthened its support for the government’s healthcare initiatives with a ₱141 million donation of Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).

A chemistry professor has discovered toxic chemicals contaminating drinking water in several Newfoundland homes.

The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill — a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week that has sparked uproar among anti-abortion leaders.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a top National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientist.

Algen Biotechnologies said Monday it has agreed to grant AstraZeneca a license to develop gene therapies discovered through Algen’s artificial intelligence-driven platform.

The 190th Oktoberfest came to a close Sunday, wrapping up the world’s largest folk festival with the traditional Bavarian marksmen’s gun salute in Munich.

About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because pieces of wood may be embedded in the batter, with several consumers reporting injuries.

Albertsons Companies has recalled several of its store-made deli products because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria.

US President Donald Trump has inflated the figure he wrongly claims were killed by drugs in the US — from massively inaccurate to impossibly so.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not release a comprehensive study that linked high alcohol intake to seven types of cancer beyond liver and kidney disease.

There is bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions since the COVID-19 pandemic.

An experimental vaccine has shown promise in preventing pancreatic and colorectal cancers from recurring.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.

California officials have denied Erik Menendez parole, ruling that the 54-year-old convicted killer still poses an unreasonable risk to public safety.

Facing critical shortages of doctors and nurses, startup Medallion launched a new financial intermediary to ease the administrative burden on physicians.

A perfect storm of rising health care costs, expensive new drugs, and the scheduled end of enhanced federal subsidies could drive Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace premiums to their steepest levels in years—hitting more than 24 million Americans in their wallets.

According to the Department of Health (DOH), vapes and vapor products pose significant health risks, including E-Cigarette or Vapor Product Associated Lung Injury (EVALI), nicotine addiction, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, among others.

Parents in China are being offered 3,600 yuan (£375; $500) per year for each of their children under the age of three in the government's first nationwide subsidy aimed at boosting birth rates.

A study has identified 213 deaths in Tokyo’s 23 wards linked to improper use of air conditioners, with around 80% involving elderly individuals or people living alone.

A weight-loss injection developed by a Chinese biotech company has shown results nearly matching Eli Lilly’s blockbuster drug Zepbound.

A highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant is spreading quickly across the UK and could become the dominant strain in the coming weeks.

Psychopaths exhibit structural differences in their brains compared to the general population.

After a late-night negotiation to win over GOP holdouts, the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.

Moderna announced that its experimental flu shot met its primary efficacy target in a late-stage trial, paving the way for its broader strategy of offering combination vaccines.