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Measles vaccination rates have plummeted in the neighboring communities over the last 10 years.

"I had essentially poisoned my liver": The 57-year-old's daily high dose of turmeric pills caused stomach pain, nausea and fatigue.

Most people who take dietary or herbal supplements do so on their own, not under a doctor’s advice.

There's growing evidence to suggest that GLP-1 drugs, which include semaglutide, may be useful for treating alcohol use disorder.

The report was released ahead of an update to federal dietary guidelines coming next year that could include new recommendations about how much alcohol people should drink.

Dozens of people have died and nearly 600 cases have been reported since October.

Nearly a quarter of women experience physical abuse from partners, and up to 90% of those women have had at least one concussion. Most don’t get screened or diagnosed.

An unidentified disease has killed 79 people and sickened 376, according to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Security.

Doctors aren’t clear why there’s been an increase in diagnoses of a specific type of tumor, but hormones are likely a key driver.

Dozens of hospital workers are unaccounted for, unreachable by phone and possibly stuck in inaccessible areas.

Nicotine pouches, which are promoted as safer than cigarettes, are growing in popularity, especially with young people. But now, medical organizations are calling on the FDA to halt sales of the popular Zyn brand and similar products while reviewing their safety. NBC News’ Vicky Nguyen reports.

A generic high blood pressure drug has become the most commonly prescribed oral medication to treat acne in women, overtaking antibiotics and birth control pills, a new report from Epic Research shows. The report, conducted on behalf of NBC News, found that spironolactone made up 47% of all oral medications prescribed to women for acne in 2023, up from 27% in 2017. Prescriptions for oral antibiotics — previously the go-to pill for acne — decreased from 41% to 27% in the same time period. The…

Acne didn’t take hold of JJ Boparai’s skin until she was in her late 20s. “I’d never had acne like this, my face was just covered,” said the 31-year-old from Metuchen, New Jersey, adding that experiencing acne as an adult was “horrible psychologically.” Boparai’s breakouts — which she described as “very cystic, like a lot of under the skin, big, painful, ones, a lot on my chin and cheeks” — were stubborn. After about a year of trying various washes, chemical peels and creams, she went to a der…

Demi Buckley initially tried to lose weight through diet and exercise, she said, but despite her efforts nothing worked. The 16-year-old from Saginaw, Michigan, said it was really discouraging to watch other girls do the same workouts as her. “I didn’t know what was wrong with me or why I couldn’t lose weight,” she said. Her mother, Deana, understood what it was like to struggle with her weight. She had bariatric surgery over 20 years ago, but didn’t lose as much weight as she needed to. It wa…

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a powerful treatment for sickle cell disease, a devastating illness that affects more than 100,000 Americans, the majority of whom are Black. The therapy, called Casgevy, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is the first medicine to be approved in the United States that uses the gene-editing tool CRISPR, which won its inventors the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020. “I think this is a pivotal moment in the field,” said Dr. Alexis…

Veterinarians across the country are scrambling to treat the rising number of dogs sick with a severe type of respiratory illness. At the same time, scientists are trying to figure out what’s causing the current outbreak, how widespread it is, and how many previously healthy pups have become seriously ill or died. Maple was a happy, healthy 7-month-old Australian shepherd until last Saturday, when she began coughing. Her owner, Adrianna Deffenderfer of Fontana, California, became scared when the…

In trials, the treatment improved depression symptoms among new mothers as early as three days after they started the medication.

Fourteen cancer drugs are in shortage, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

The new drug, fezolinetant, could be a “game-changer” for women who don’t want to take hormone replacement therapy or who have been treated for hormone-sensitive cancers.