New research shows that nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021.

The federal government has closed its investigation into an E.

A majority of Supreme Court justices didn’t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.

A Zimbabwean High Court judge has ruled that provisions of a law that deny abortion services to women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 are unconstitutional.

Workers seeking an end to smoking in Atlantic City casinos say the main employee union has been won over by tobacco companies seeking allies in the fight against smoking restrictions.

Artificial intelligence is changing the way industries do business.

The Food and Drug Administration says cucumbers shipped to 13 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces have been recalled because of potential salmonella contamination.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.

British lawmakers are expected to vote on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives.

Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use.

There’s no easy way to bridge the political divides that have created rifts in communities, families and friendships.

People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV.

Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election results.

The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency is urging the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.

A federal appeals court says medical marijuana businesses in Mississippi don’t have the right to advertise on billboards or other places because marijuana itself remains illegal under federal law.

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.

Food safety experts say safely serving a holiday feast takes planning and know-how.

U.S. health officials said a California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck and pork hock, feet and tongue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal.

Extreme weather is making power outages longer and more frequent across the U.S. People with health conditions who depend on medical devices powered by electricity are particularly vulnerable.

The Turkish doctor at the center of an alleged fraud scheme that led to the deaths of 10 babies says he was a “trusted” physician.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. health officials say at least 19 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E.

Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms.

Health officials are confirming bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.

Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip are often eating just once a day, even in areas where aid groups have relatively more access than the isolated and heavily destroyed north.

Disabled rideshare users have for years reported having less access to Lyft and Uber than able-bodied people.

Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymore.

Vigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year.