An openly gay San Francisco lawmaker went public on Wednesday with his daily use of a highly effective HIV-prevention drug and urged more at-risk city dwellers to do the same.

The Marijuana Policy Project aims to educate the public on safe and legal marijuana use with their Consume Responsibly campaign.

After a Reuters investigation found antibiotic use is widespread in poultry farms, two U.S. lawmakers are calling for action.

The Obama administration said 115,000 people could lose their health insurance under Obamacare after Sept. 30, because of unresolved data problems involving their citizenship or immigration status.

President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will send 3,000 troops to help tackle the Ebola outbreak as part of a ramped-up response.

Public Advocate Letitia James recommended that the city set up its own team of inspectors to complement a state-led force of 27 who are responsible for an estimated 5,000 salons in New York.

A Staten Island mother and her twins died after doctors chose not to perform a C-section. Now the family says it's going to sue the hospital.

Should patients with mild hypertension be given blood pressure-lowering drugs? Researchers are concerned they're unnecessarily taking these drugs.

A Missouri lawmaker renews his case to personalize health care coverage in order to deny birth control access to his daughters.

Bayer claimed Phillips Colon Health can "defend against" occasional constipation, diarrhea and other problems, but did not have reliable scientific evidence to support those claims.

Welfare recipients in Colorado and Washington can currently use EBT cards to purchase cannabis products from marijuana dispensaries, but for how long?

Tens of thousands of people may have consumed tainted rice over the last several years, claims a new lawsuit.