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A 50-year-old government survey on drug use may be in jeopardy

Miami-Dade County voted to stop adding fluoride to the public water supply.

Miami-Dade County voted to stop adding fluoride from the public water supply.

Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cements a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel explains the new data published by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

One year after the first human was infected with bird flu, ABC News' Dr. Darien Sutton meets Michigan State researchers who are tracking the virus and a duck farmer facing catastrophe in New York.

The letter was signed by elected members of the National Academies.

The majority of cases have been confirmed in children and teens.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a South Carolina case over whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Hundreds of employees have wrapped around the U.S. Health and Human Services Department headquarters in Washington, where they've begun receiving notices of dismissal in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people

Cutting back on calories three days a week may lead to more weight loss.

Medical and parenting experts weigh in after study shows that women with postpartum depression experienced changes in brain chemistry during pregnancy.

Mexico says a government-sponsored junk food ban in schools has taken effect as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics

Plus, why Utah banned fluoride in public drinking water and the potential fallout from the FDA’s top vaccine official’s resignation.

Measles patients with breakthrough cases typically have milder illness.

A groundbreaking initiative could soon be bringing surgeons closer to patients in Africa's remote corners where the doctor-to-patients ratio is among the lowest in the world

An investigation confirmed the patient contracted rabies through the organ.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has promoted vitamin A amid the measles outbreak.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in public drinking water.

The law is set to go into effect on May 7.

At least 327 measles cases have been confirmed in Texas.

Infections and deaths could surge to early 2000s levels, study authors say.

Health officials are working to inform fellow passengers.

Health officials are working to inform fellow passengers.

At least 378 measles cases have been confirmed in the U.S. so far this year.

The majority of cases are among children and teens aged 17 and under.

Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving

The first licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms have been issued.

Over the weekend, biotechnology company 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden loss of American money has been “devastating” for efforts to stop HIV and will cost many lives of the world’s most vulnerable people

Precious Osagie-Erese, Precious Canna Co. founder, and medical toxicologist Dr. Stephanie Widmer discuss marijuana edibles after the announcement that Edible Arrangements would sell products with THC.

Dr. Alok Patel, ABC News medical contributor, says the US is approaching 400 cases of the measles across 18 states.

ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal reports on infant mortality rates in Ft. Worth, Texas, where local leaders are coming together with new solutions to create a template for communities across the country.

Plus, why the FDA has recalled certain skincare products and a new report that children should avoid slushies.