HEALTH

A new report from The TFAH shows obesity has risen in every state over the past 20 years.

A group of pharmacists frustrated with overwhelming workloads didn't show up for work last week in at least a dozen Kansas City-area CVS pharmacies.

Virginia Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the rhetoric being used by their Democratic opponents in abortion-focused messaging in this year’s critical legislative elections.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law protecting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in other states.

Federal health advisers have voted overwhelmingly against recommending approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease, the fatal muscle-wasting disease.

The Biden administration is moving to make it easier for caregivers to take in family members in the foster care system, requiring states to provide them with the same financial support that any other foster home would receive.

Scottish authorities have approved a multimillion pound drug consumption room.

This event takes place on October 14.

A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court's ruling that abortion is legal.

More students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force.

Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies.

Government test data shows new passenger vehicles in the U.S. are extremely safe, but roadway deaths are steadily rising.

If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared.

The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider a much-debated treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease.

ACS CAN volunteers visited to D.C. to advocate for more funding for cancer research and treatment

More research is showing that we carry genes from other kinds of ancient humans, and their DNA affects our lives today.

Experts say many people may not recognize the symptoms of long COVID, but that could change thanks to a $5 million grant awarded to UT Health San Antonio from the Health and Human Services Department.

Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care by filing a new lawsuit accusing the clinic of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect last month.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ people.

As Congress considers payments to victims of Cold War-era nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region, people who were targeted for secret government testing from that same time period believe they’re due compensation, too.

The science of human evolution has made big leaps in recent years, and it’s painting a new picture of our origins.

More than 700 people showed their support for brain cancer survivors and research during Saturday's 10th annual Head for the Cure 5K.

The White House says President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot.

At the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, African leaders are relaying a unanimous message, that their continent of more than 1.3 billion people is done being a “victim” of a post-world war order and must be recognized and partnered with as a global power in itself.

A growing number of states are offering dental care to low-income adults who once had to rely on charity or the emergency room to treat their tooth problems.

Nikki Haley is gaining attention in the GOP race with her calls for “consensus” around abortion, an unusual tone in a campaign where Republican White House hopefuls often prefer to highlight their eagerness to fight President Joe Biden and other Democrats.

U.S. health officials are recommending RSV vaccinations for moms-to-be as a second option to protect newborns.

Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life.

KSAT Community will host a phone bank on October 4th

Be a beacon of hope for those who have been touched by cancer

Cholesterol is in our blood stream but high levels of bad cholesterol can lead to heart attack, stroke and other health issues.

Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal.

A healthy heart is central to overall good health and can protect people from disease and various medical complications. People with AFib have a significantly higher risk of stroke than the average population.

Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden administration is beginning the process to remove medical bills from people’s credit scores.

Pfizer and Moderna say they have sent out millions of doses of the new COVID-19 vaccines in the past week.

A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance.

If you’re trying to conceive, certain lifestyle choices can help or hinder your progress.

The 30th annual San Fernando Health and Safety Fair will offer free health screenings for hundreds of men, women and children next month.

A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that found Mississippi relies too much on institutionalizing people with mental health conditions rather than providing care in their communities.

The Senate has confirmed Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, putting him in place to succeed Gen. Mark Milley when he retires at the end of the month.

The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household.

The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during childbirth.

Washington’s revolving door kept spinning this week as the Drug Enforcement Administration’s recently departed second-in-command returned for another stint with a high-powered consulting firm where he previously advised OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, calling for more research on what would have been the first alternative to injections using devices such as an EpiPen.

Drinking even one diet soda a day during pregnancy or while breastfeeding could increase your male child’s risk of autism, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint strike action.

One of the biggest fights over abortion rights this year is in Virginia, where all of the state House and Senate seats are up for reelection.

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members on Valentine’s Day in 2018.

Actor and philanthropist Michael J.

Flow Therapy, also known as Enhanced External Counter Pulsation (or EECP), has been around for 20 years. It is mainly used for people with cardiovascular disease and heart failure, but it has recently shown success for many Long COVID patients.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has delivered an ominous prophecy with grandiose language.

A Sacramento prosecutor is suing California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments.

A complaint has been filed alleging that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements about a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim last year.

Planned Parenthood has resumed offering abortions in Wisconsin at clinics in Madison and Milwaukee.

Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older adults.

Which situations require emergency treatment, going to an urgent care or just waiting to see your primary care doctor.

A doctor talks about the effects of the wildly popular new drugs and what you should know before and after starting one.

The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious.

For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic.

Indiana’s attorney general has sued the state’s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion.

Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping.

California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023.

Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities.

Supply problems and insurance complications have made it difficult for many patients to start and stay on new prescription medications used to treat obesity.

U.S.-based pharmaceuticals company Johnson & Johnson is being investigated in South Africa for allegedly charging “excessive” prices for a key tuberculosis drug.

Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease.

Oregon has taken an unprecedented step in offering psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, to the public.

Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican presidential primary even as he’s refused to endorse a federal ban on abortion.

An AP-NORC poll shows 76% of Americans favor allowing the federal health care program for the elderly to negotiate prices for certain prescription drugs.

A study has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Explains team takes you inside labs at the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center to show you how blood is ‘manufactured’

Abortion providers in South Carolina want to lengthen the narrow window when they can legally terminate a pregnancy under a strict new ban.

The public health department in Ottawa County in Michigan is facing deep cuts to its funding.

Rep. Steve Scalise has returned to the U.S. Capitol for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma.

For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man.

An effort to destigmatize the use of overdose reversal drugs that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded to all thirteen states in Appalachia this year.

Johnson & Johnson is signing off on a new logo, more than 130 years after creating the old one.

Regional health officials in France say a 32-year-old woman is dead and a dozen people have been hospitalized after an apparent botulism outbreak.

Paxton Idell, 7, was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of five, but he still wants to visit Disney World despite his cancer diagnosis.

A new COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out to pharmacies and health clinics amid a rise in cases nationwide.

Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon.

Research shows the benefits of positive thinking. But what are the best ways and practices to incorporate more positivity into your life?

French regulators have ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards for exposure.

Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites.

Lawmakers in California's state Assembly have voted to put a measure before voters next March that would overhaul the way counties are funding mental and behavioral health programs.

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.

Women in three states are challenging strict abortion laws that went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

New data shows that the number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the U.S. continued to fall through the late 2010s even as the nation's overdose crisis deepened.

Several low cost and low tech interventions would increase the chances of mothers and their babies surviving childbirth, according to a new report released Tuesday by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising.

Government advisers say the leading decongestant used by millions of Americans to treat nasal congestion doesn't actually work.

Proceeds from the event benefit research and advocacy for the San Antonio brain tumor community

Texas health officials are warning people about fatal Vibrio infections after a Galveston County man died from eating raw oysters.

Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading descriptions of abortion-rights constitutional amendments.

Individual registration is required for the free flu shot events

U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter.

Skin cancer can show in very different forms and it's best to go to a dermatologist once a year to get checked.

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.