Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy is leading House GOP lawmakers with legislation that would block U.S. taxpayer funding to the ...

“Drinking alcohol increases the risk of falls and other injuries and can lead to dependency – and the poor health that ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed packaged foods requiring a front-of-package nutrition label.

The Biden administration releases a 'road map' for maintaining defenses against infectious diseases, as President-elect Trump ...

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...

A new study has found a clear relationship between high fluoride exposure and decreased I.Q. in children. The findings, ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

The global institution is standing up to China and open to making America’s financial burden more equitable. One truth ...

Health surveillance reports from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2025 did not announce a ...

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, ...