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When given their choice of contraceptives for free, almost three-quarters of sexually active teenage girls chose long-acting options like the IUD or hormonal implants, a study finds.

PHILADELPHIA — In the second of two papers outlining new gene-therapy approaches to treat a rare disease called MPS I, researchers from Perelman School of…

Texas health officials say that "out of an abundance of caution, we're starting with this very wide net," and that it's very unlikely that anyone on the list will develop Ebola.

Teens who received free contraception and were educated about the pros and cons of various birth control methods were dramatically less likely to get…

Many hog-farm employees may be bringing their work home with them.

Doctors continue to monitor people who may have come in contact with the Texas man being treated for Ebola in a Dallas hospital. The CDC says the patient…

"We begin this week with a story about disease detectives, the nation's medical eyes and ears, looking for everything from a new strain of flu to the…

The American Academy of Pediatrics says too many teens are sleep deprived and one way to fix that problem is to start the school day at 8:30 a.m. or…

"It's not uncommon for people who undergo bypass surgery for heart disease to also deal with depression. And the reverse is also true as well. People with…

African officials say they will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan for failing to disclose at the airport his contact with an Ebola patient — a fact the hospital treating him said also was hidden from them.