Health

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, is urging older Americans to get Covid booster shots as hospitalizations rise substantially.

Health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox in New York City, according to the city’s health department.

The House will hold hearings on the U.S. baby formula shortage after the closure of an Abbott Nutrition plant sent parents scrambling.

You might be able to pick up your new company’s health plan and drop Medicare — and then re-enroll again down the road. Here’s what to know.

Doctors are cautioning against homemade baby formulas amid the nationwide shortage.

Accredited milk banks carefully screen donors through a verbal questionnaire, written clearance from a physician and a blood test, and the milk they donate is tested and pasteurized.

Searches for “vasectomy near me” were most popular in Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Florida.

Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota and Illinois are among the states that are investigating cases.

For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic. But it was for just one condition — COVID-19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for the uninsured dries up. Lack of an insurance card could become a barrier to timely care...

A new study has found clues about what’s driving an increase in uterine cancer deaths, particularly among Black women.