Health

McLean Hospital in Belmont is using transcranial magnetic stimulation to help patients who experience treatment-resistant depression, anxiety and OCD.

A single dose of an experimental drug dramatically reduced levels of a deadly form of cholesterol, often thought to be untreatable, for up to one year.

Three pet owners whose cats got bird flu describe their symptoms and quick declines. As such cases mount, public health experts are warning about raw meat and raw milk.

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.

In his resignation letter, Marks wrote that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread in poultry flocks unchecked. Scientists say that’s risky because it gives the virus more opportunities to replicate, increasing the chance it could change to spread easily among humans.

Florida, Ohio and South Carolina are considering similar measures, while in New Hampshire, North Dakota and Tennessee, lawmakers have rejected them.

Potential organ donors are screened for viruses, bacteria and other infections, but rabies isn’t usually among those tests.

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its “elimination status” for the extremely contagious disease. “We are experiencing an extremely concerning decline in measles vaccination in the very group most ...

Health and Human Services is planning to cut 10,000 jobs across the sprawling department.

The CDC is expected to hand over multiple sets of vaccine safety data to a discredited researcher with a history of spreading misinformation that vaccines cause autism, according to two sources familiar with the plan.

A sleep doctor reveals the optimal time of day to take a nap in order to feel rested and reap the health benefits.

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a test that may help determine your risk of developing Alzheimer’s.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pulling back $11.4 billion in funds allocated to state and community health departments, nongovernment organizations and international recipients in response to the pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday.