Health

The next major innovation in dental care just might be a new ingredient added to our toothpaste and mouthwash from an unlikely source: sheep’s wool or human hair.

A second north Idaho resident has tested positive for measles. While receiving treatment at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center last week, more than 100 people were potentially exposed, officials say.

The technology once embraced by President Donald Trump for speeding the development of COVID-19 vaccines is now under scrutiny.

After losing tens of millions of dollars each year since the COVID-19 pandemic, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center plans to break even by 2028, its CEO said in an interview last week.

An unvaccinated child in Kootenai County has tested positive for measles.

When Michelle Bingham started having symptoms just after her 40th birthday, she was told she was too young to be menopausal. After years of fatigue, hot and cold flashes, and other signs of menopause, she is seeking hormone therapy that may relieve her symptoms.

Fifteen nurses at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center have been fired after hospital administrators claim they improperly accessed the private medical records of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide in April.

Patients, staff and visitors at Eastern State Hospital may have been exposed to tuberculosis during the months of April through July .

People tend to think about pain as a biological process, says Elizabeth Losin, a biobehavioral health professor at Pennsylvania State University.

A cohort of high school students assisted a mannequin with delivering a baby Friday morning, while another group learned ostomy care, CPR and virtual reality in neighboring classes.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday their intention to designate 7-hydroxymitragynine as a controlled substance. The move would prevent the drug from being sold over the counter and could ban it entirely.

Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program. But Medicaid cuts in the massive tax and spending bill signed into law earlier this month will worsen mental health disparities in those communities, experts say, as patients lose coverage and rural health centers are unable to ...

LOS ANGELES – Serious liver disease is becoming more common among Americans who drink heavily, according to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert Sunday for two ham salad products possibly contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, according to a department news release.