A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building is asking for leniency ahead of her sentencing in federal court.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment.

The biggest new restaurant trend is small.

A major sewer pipe collapse has dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, highlighting a nationwide problem involving failing infrastructure.

The FDA is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

A new study in the journal Nature Cities shows that as temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting uncomfortable heat belowground increases.

Hims & Hers Health has agreed to stop selling compound versions of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs, ending for now a patent lawsuit.

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie, remains missing after nearly 40 days in Arizona.

Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the facility.

The Food and Drug Administration’s controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is ordering Peru to pay compensation for a woman’s death tied to a forced sterilization program.

A Connecticut city has joined hundreds of others around the country that have installed new firehouse alarm systems that aim to reduce firefighters' stress when calls come in.

For decades, alcohol has been closely tied to socializing, especially among young adults. But a growing number of Gen Z and millennials are redefining that culture by drinking less and prioritizing health, fitness and mental well-being instead.

President Donald Trump's administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in the state.

Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making time for conversations, validating their feelings and limiting exposure to frightening or inaccurate information.

The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a request for new warnings on antidepressant drugs, and that's presenting an unusual conflict of interest at the agency.

A new CDC analysis shows U.S. maternal deaths keep edging down.

The medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan.

Texas is reporting high to very high levels of flu activity, and the Gulf Coast region continues to see steady cases well beyond the typical winter peak.

Minnesota is suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from holding back $243 million in Medicaid spending.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.

The White House says a red spot on President Donald Trump’s neck comes from a prescribed skin cream.

Tech companies are pushing new health chatbots, but experts say you still need to talk to your doctor.

New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money.

The Pentagon has made a deal with Scouting America that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says would maintain their century-old partnership but refocus the organization away from “woke” policies.

Target will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May.

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth.

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine.

A Michigan mother is making and collecting soft, yarn toys that are being donated to the neonatal intensive care unit at a Detroit hospital.

The East Tennessee Children's Hospital is now known as Dolly Parton Children's Hospital.

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus.

Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds.

Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of what she calls “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the next surgeon general.

The U.S. will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after the African country withdrew from talks on a proposed $367 million bilateral funding deal.

Shampoos and conditioners can run from a few dollars to more than $100.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has started checking literacy skills during pediatric visits for kids as young as 3.

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine recommendations for children.

The California program that identifies and treats cases of dangerous infant botulism also comforts families by sending silly cards on their babies' first birthdays.

The United Nations and Somalia's government has said that nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger.

In about a month, federal health officials will decide whether the United States can still be considered a country where measles has been “eliminated.”

Officials say the deaths of 72 tigers at two tourist parks in northern Thailand are a result of canine distemper and not bird flu.

The longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia has resigned from a contributor's role at CBS News after his name surfaced in hundreds of documents released as part of the Epstein files.

Learn about the journey to get a new smile with Dr. Michel Azer, a board-certified periodontist, and his patient Andrea Park.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his support for an executive order that would aim to boost the production of a controversial weedkiller ingredient called glyphosate, even though it is widening a political fault line for the administration ahead of the midterm elections.

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a system for approving customized drugs and medical treatments for patients with rare or hard-to-treat diseases.

More than 60 million women in the U.S. live with cardiovascular disease.

The British Academy Film Awards and BBC have apologized Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday’s show while two stars of the film “Sinners” were onstage.

The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years.

Cuban officials say a U.S. fuel blockade is pushing Cuba’s health system toward collapse and putting lives at risk.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants.

The fatal nervous system disease known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed actor Eric Dane less than a year after he announced his diagnosis.

A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day.

Nurses on strike at a major New York City hospital system have reached a tentative deal to end a more than monthlong strike.

The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most.

Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth following passage of a measure by the Wisconsin Assembly.

Doctors are sounding the alarm about an often-overlooked danger linked to vaping.

Nearly every day, KPRC 2 is flooded with emails and phone calls from viewers who say their health and quality of life are being destroyed by black mold. It’s a nightmare that KPRC 2 producer and multi-skilled journalist Paige Hubbard knows all too well. She’s now sharing her story after she says she was poisoned by toxic black mold while living in Austin.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies for new drug approvals.

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years.

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official.

Vaccine maker Moderna says the Food and Drug Administration will decide whether to approve its new flu shot for older adults after all.

Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats.

Colorectal cancer has become the deadliest cancer for U.S. adults under 50 over the last two decades, and doctors say diet, lifestyle and gaps in preventive care are helping drive the trend.

This American Heart Month, cardiologist Dr. Nidal Ganim explains how smartwatches and rings can track your heart health and why stress, emotions, and lifestyle choices matter.

Bayer has agreed to a proposed $7.25 billion deal to settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits that blame Roundup for causing cancer.

The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will no longer treat tooth decay with dental fillings containing mercury.

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now.

Stella Olise of the Harris Center explains how depression can look different in Black girls and how families can recognize the signs.

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles.

Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust.

Nurses on strike at two major New York City hospital systems have approved new contracts, but ones striking at another system have rejected a proposal to bring an end to the monthlong walkout.

Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: whether gene editing might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.

The Thai government is urging coffee chains to cut sugar in drinks by half to combat health issues.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.

A young cancer patient at one of the remaining New York City hospitals where nurses are on strike says he misses his regular caregivers.

Two Palestinian men riding bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike Tuesday, hospital officials said, as deadly violence continued in Gaza despite an October ceasefire.

South Korea plans to increase medical school admissions by over 3,340 students from 2027 to 2031.

Stylist Dale Volpe with Styled by Dale and InTwo Shopping's Alexandra Bruskoff are teaming up for a Cure, a one-day shopping event benefiting Breakthrough T1D. The cause hits especially close to home for Bruskoff, whose daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 11.

Israeli military strikes on Monday killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived.

It is National Cat Health Month, and we celebrated in the most Houston way possible with a local celebrity who has claws, confidence, and couture. Meet Mersha the Mini Panther, a stylish black cat with more than 170,000 followers on Instagram. Joining him were the humans who keep him healthy, happy, Stef and Adam Eaton.

Nurses and two major hospital systems in New York City have reached a deal to end a nearly monthlong strike over staffing levels, workplace safety and other issues.

The need to move a loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility often comes suddenly — after a fall, a medical crisis or the loss of a caregiver.

A leading U.S. health official is urging people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states.

Democrats are focusing on health care in the November elections and making it a key issue.

Four people have died and three others have required a liver transplants after eating the death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025.

The Mexican state of Jalisco has issued a health alert and mandated face masks in schools due to a measles outbreak in the state capital.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors.

The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate.

A new study reveals that cancer patients diagnosed during the early COVID-19 pandemic had worse short-term survival rates than a similar group before the pandemic.

Company and federal officials said the Boar's Head deli meat plant tied to a deadly 2024 listeria food poisoning outbreak is back in business.

A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there.

Minute Maid helped make orange juice a year-round morning staple in 1946, when it started shipping cans of frozen juice around the U.S. But 80 years later, the brand’s parent company is halting sales of frozen juice concentrates in the U.S. and Canada, saying it wants to focus on the fresh juices that customers now prefer.

The Pan American Health Organization has issued an alert due to a surge in measles cases across the Americas, with Mexico reporting the highest numbers.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn 19, including chest, genital and facial surgeries.