The National Institutes of Health is speeding human testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine as an outbreak in Western Africa leaves 700 dead.

A new app promises 10-minute delivery of medical marijuana to residents of San Francisco.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the drug Striverdi Respimat for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Wider use of antidepressant and analgesic therapies would help more patients on dialysis to find relief from depression symptoms, a new study suggests.

The National Institutes of Health has launched a $5.8 million collaboration among eight research institutions to scour the human genome for new therapeutic drug targets.

A new study shows that background TV noise may harm children's learning and development.

A new but small study shows that the amount of estrogen in a woman's birth control pill may affect how she perceives other women.

Men with wider faces are seen from two sides: aggressive and untrustworthy, but also competent and victorious.

Google is searching to define optimum human health for the individual by analyzing the genomes and medical records of hundreds, and then thousands, of study participants.

A new study shows microbes in the human gut respond to changes in the larger world, including in a move abroad and a case of food poisoning.

Food policy experts say the federal government should provide vouchers to poor families for fresh fruits and vegetable at farmers' markets, as a quarter of such U.S. community retailers now accept food stamps.

Health care systems and health plans in the two dozen states that opted out of the federal expansion of Medicaid are facing increasing financial pressures.