France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing.

At least 80 people have died in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

A Kansas judge has protected access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors as the nation’s largest children’s hospital moved to restrict such care in Texa and buckled under pressure from the Trump administration.

Growing research suggests that female athletes can be more vulnerable to concussions than their male counterparts

Africa’s top public health body confirms a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province.

Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks.

The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital.

The coronavirus pandemic's impact lingers, influencing our lives in both obvious and subtle ways.

Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed to disembark in the French port city of Bordeaux.

Vice President JD Vance is highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.

An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for fellow passengers who became sick on board.

Initiative promotes active lifestyles for all ages

Public health officials warn fentanyl is now being combined with new substances that aren’t approved for human use and are often undetectable to the user.

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs.

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year.

Oceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak.

When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic.

A New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it.

A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care.

Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration chief.

Scientists are supercharging patients' own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today's drugs.

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

Some adults are turning to music camps as an antidote to a world of increased isolation as they decide on their summer plans.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup later this month.

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and experts say many men are still struggling in silence.

A major water main break happened in Oakland County on Sunday, affecting multiple communities.

A Tennessee doctor is practicing reproductive medicine aligned with his Christian faith.

The last remaining passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have disembarked and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine.

For the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it’s crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages.

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands.

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans.

A new survey finds about half of U.S. adults under 50 get health information from social media influencers or podcasts.

The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.

Argentina’s tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — is reacting angrily to the idea that the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces passengers visited before boarding the ill-fated cruise.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

California will become the first state in the nation to provide infants with hundreds of free diapers before they leave hospitals after birth.

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

U.S. immigration officials have quietly lifted a hold on green card and visa applications for doctors from three dozen countries.

Health officials in several countries are trying to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship.

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor.

The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials have repeatedly announced major changes before any new rules have been drafted.

Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 30 passengers disembarked from its cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24.

Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.

Millions of taxpayers penalized by the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic for late payments or filings may qualify for refunds or penalty terminations.

Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections are being flown to the Netherlands for treatment.

We’re learning more about a suspected hantavirus outbreak that happened at sea.

Technological advancements have made cosmetic procedures more accessible but have also lead many to grapple with the philosophical and ethical implications.

The U.N. health agency says two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak.

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend.

U.S. health regulators have announced their first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Denver and its police department seeking to strike down an assault weapons ban that’s been in place for Colorado’s largest city since 1989.

President Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Thousands of people struggle with anxiety, depression, and addiction, but many still feel like they can’t talk about things like that.

A local group is spreading a simple yet powerful message: you are not alone.

Zambia accuses the U.S. of linking a $2 billion health assistance deal to access to its rich mineral resources.

Footage obtained by The Associated Press of a cruise ship in a rare-virus outbreak shows deserted decks and medical teams in protective gear as the vessel and its nearly 150 passengers and crew waited another day for help off West Africa.

Typically noncancerous, fibroids are growths that develop in the uterus. While some are small and go unnoticed, others can grow larger and cause symptoms.

The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people is waiting for help off Cape Verde's coast in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died and three others were left seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak.

There is a long-running discussion about the role that religion can play in enhancing personal well-being and lowering the risk of mental health problems.

The World Health Organization says that a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others.

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she'll face some steep challenges in the November general election.

It’s something we will all encounter in life -- the grief of losing someone we love. But too often, people feel alone in their grief.

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

President Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Nicole Saphier as his third pick for U.S. surgeon general.

A stroke can affect many of the brain’s essential functions, but the symptoms a person experiences often depend on which side of the brain is impacted.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this month is about encouraging people to speak up and share their mental health stories.

Dermatologist Dr. Stephen Grekin met Local 4 at a Meijer in Southgate to help us find products a typical teen would need -- while shopping on a budget.

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Six transgender Idaho residents are suing the state over a strict new bathroom ban.

President Donald Trump says he's nominating former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means’ path forward stalled in the Senate.

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States.

A new survey finds parenting stress is nearly universal, and many parents are now worried that their stress is making their children more anxious, too.

Federal health officials said a new analysis of U.S. infant formula found reassuringly low levels of heavy metals, pesticides and other potential contaminants.

The Supreme Court is siding with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.

Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget.

A strong neck helps if you drive a car at a speed of 200 mph.

A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci has been indicted on federal charges alleging he conspired to hide his communications related to COVID-19 research as the pandemic unfolded.

Many people applying for Medicaid in Nebraska will soon have to prove that they're working, volunteering or in school.

Two paramedics helped deliver a baby girl on a Delta flight as it landed in Portland, Oregon.

The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer.

Federal health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to backyard poultry that has sickened at least 34 people since February.

South Carolina’s measles outbreak, which was the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years, is over.

What if there’s no such thing as TMI.

Barriers to tourism for people living with disabilities can range from the obvious, such as an out-of-service elevator, to an outing that’s too long or a setting that’s too loud.

On Newport’s south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, clean the air and foster wildlife.

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Radio Taiso is an exercise program in Japan that comes on the air every morning at 6:30.

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression.

A proposed bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives has failed.