Health

The first treatment has been approved for a rare disease that causes rapid aging in children

The late television host Alex Trebek posthumously paid tribute to World Pancreatic Cancer Day at the beginning of Thursday’s episode of “Jeopardy!”

As more than 90,000 of America’s long-term care residents have died in the coronavirus pandemic, advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of death separate from the virus has quietly claimed tens of thousands more, often because overburdened workers haven’t been able to give them the care they need

Al Roker has received some great news a week after he underwent prostate cancer surgery. The pathology report issued on Monday found that there is no evidence of cancer beyond the prostate, which Al had removed during the procedure.

Public health programs have seen a surge in enrollment as the coronavirus has swept through the U.S., killing more than 247,000 people

A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is the first such collaboration between academics and the game industry

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

Researchers say a cheap, daily pill combining four cholesterol and blood pressure medicines taken with low-dose aspirin can cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths by nearly one third.

At 36, Danielle Ripley-Burgess has already survived colon cancer twice. She was first diagnosed at 17 and then again at 25. A member of the SurvivorNet patient community, a resource for people with cancer, the Kansas City, Missouri, mom shared her story with TODAY and urged others to speak up about their symptoms. I had a cancer...

When the Supreme Court weighs the fate of “Obamacare,” arguments will revolve around arcane points of law like severability — whether the justices can surgically snip out part of the law and leave the rest

U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19.

When the Supreme Court weighs the fate of “Obamacare” on Tuesday, arguments will revolve around arcane points of law like severability — whether the justices can surgically snip out part of the law and leave the rest

The death of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek on Sunday was yet another high-profile reminder this year of the grim prognosis that comes with pancreatic cancer. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died from complications of the same disease in September. Rep. John Lewis died in July, just months after he learn...