Health

A company that makes baby food sold under a Target store brand is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated levels of lead.

TORONTO — A new guideline for treating obesity in children and adolescents says medication can be helpful, but that health providers should prioritize addressing nutrition, exercise and psychological needs.

Harvard University is the latest in a growing list of higher education institutions that had its federal funding targeted by the government in order to comply with the Trump administration's political agenda .

CALGARY — Alberta is reporting three more confirmed cases of measles, including one in Calgary. Alberta Health Services says the individual in Calgary had visited nearby towns of Banff and Canmore while infectious earlier this month.

ATLANTA (AP) — An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism , the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC's data was from 14 states and Puerto Rico in 2022.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found.

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Long ER waits in the U.S. are common , especially for older patients. Some wait for many hours or even days before they get a hospital bed.

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, “Pops. The man. The myth.