The United States moved on Wednesday to cut the amount of salt in packaged and restaurant food in a bid to reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes linked to consuming too much sodium.

Policymakers and health leaders are more focused on the issue, but there's still a lot that has to be done.

Doctors, who will start screening transplant waiting lists next week, are anxious to move forward.

The widespread Zika virus outbreak in Brazil does not pose enough of a threat to warrant canceling or putting off the Olympic Games.

A preliminary review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration questioned whether Sanofi SA's experimental diabetes drug lixisenatide contributed any benefit.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the Ebola crisis was "a wake-up call to the world."

States with higher rates of gun ownership also have higher rates of suicide by firearm.

An Oklahoma bill that could send any doctor who performs an abortion to jail headed to the governor on Thursday, with opponents saying the measure is unconstitutional and promising a legal battle against the cash-strapped state if it is approved.

Provisions under the Affordable Care Act make it easier for Americans to access health insurance, new survey shows.

A database that shows the prescribing habits of doctors in the United States has backfired by allowing patients to find doctors that overprescribe.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces the next phase of his state's plan to combat HIV/AIDS — a series of new amendments that would expand treatment and testing access to minors and the elderly.

The ideologically deadlocked Supreme Court failed to resolve a major case involving the Obamacare law's mandatory birth control coverage.