There are enough children’s doctors in the United States, they just work in the wrong places, a new study finds. Some wealthy areas are oversaturated with pediatricians and family doctors. Other parts of the nation have few or none.

A North Carolina ninth grader learns she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease — the same illness that had killed her mother and grandmother. A doctor tells her it won’t be long before she would have to decide whether…

The number of people infected with tuberculosis has jumped by 50 percent in London in the last decade, making it the tuberculosis capital of Western Europe, a new report says.

A Central Florida woman takes a hormone to lose weight, but is it safe?

The White House insisted Tuesday that the implementation of President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law will not be affected by a negative federal court ruling, and the Justice Department said it would appeal.

A federal judge rejected a key provision of the Obama administration’s health care law as unconstitutional Monday, ruling the government cannot require people to buy insurance.

The House has passed sweeping legislation that aims to make food safer in the wake of E. coli and salmonella outbreaks in peanuts, eggs and produce.

A clinic frequented by porn stars stood by findings that an adult film actor contracted HIV through personal sexual activity, contradicting his claims that he was infected through work.

A Food and Drug Administration panel on Tuesday recommended that the agency approve Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.’s weight loss drug Contrave, making it the first in group of competitors to get a positive nod from experts.

A new report from British scientists suggests that long-term, low-dose aspirin use may modestly reduce the risk of dying of certain cancers, though experts warn the study isn’t strong enough to recommend healthy people start taking a pill.