Health

Vaping may be more effective at helping people quit smoking than nicotine replacement therapies such as gum and patches, according to an updated Cochrane review.

Regularly drinking very hot tea or coffee may raise the risk of a type of esophageal cancer, according to a large study at the University of Oxford.

The largest cyclospora food poisoning outbreak in U.S. history has ended, federal health officials said, after nearly 13,000 cases were linked to recalled iceberg lettuce.

A new $100 million initiative has been launched to significantly cut maternal mortality rates and improve childbirth safety across the United States.

Annual U.S. cancer deaths tied to alcohol consumption more than doubled over a three-decade period, according to a recent study led by researchers at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

There has been an increase in recent animal rabies activity and associated human exposures this summer, according to the CDC.

The suicide rate among U.S. girls ages 10 to 14 more than quadrupled from 2007 to 2024, according to a new study.

President Trump says an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, enrollees in 30 states will be getting $500 rebate checks for what the White House says were exchange fee overcharges by the Biden administration.

A Minnesota pest control company may have left its customers in the dark about rabies exposures, and state officials are urging anyone who used its services to reach out to the health department to assess any possible risk.

A new analysis examines vaccination coverage across the country, measuring immunization rates among children, teens, adults and older residents.

The Minnesota Department of Health is searching for customers of a Twin Cities company that it suspects has not been consistently submitting rabies tests for testing.

Becky Drexler spent years supporting her college friend Connie Dahl as she battled Stage 4 ovarian cancer, which eventually spread to her brain. Connie died in 2017, and just 10 months later, Becky received an ovarian cancer diagnosis of her own.

Researchers say the success story of Tim Andrews shows how pig kidneys can help “bridge the gap between end-stage kidney failure and a human transplant, allowing a patient to forgo dialysis."

Scientists in China have identified a previously unknown tick-borne virus that can cause flu-like illness, fatigue and gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a new study.

Following legal procedures that took several hours Friday, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial after the jury earlier in the day told the judge they were deadlocked on whether Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children.  

The Food and Drug Administration is working with manufacturers to enhance the supply of the menopause patches amid a rising demand for the items and supply shortages.

The keto diet may have surprising benefits for liver health, a new study suggests.

Lake Byllesby Beach in Cannon Falls is closed for the rest of this year after Dakota County officials say they detected high levels of E. coli.