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A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn't been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in a decade.

Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance will face higher costs next year if Congress doesn't extend enhanced premium tax credits that have made the plans more affordable.

Cuts to federal staff and programs that address chronic disease could endanger that progress, according to a new report released Thursday.

The state Department of Health said Tuesday that the virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a person living in Nassau County on Long Island.

The company is also adding an even stricter setting that parents can set up for their children.

For the past 40 years, pink ribbons have sprouted every October as the symbol of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To take stock of the latest in breast cancer research and the experience of patients, Ali Rogin speaks with Dr. Arif Kamal, the American . ...

During a meeting with President Donald Trump and the Cabinet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the connection, even while noting there was no medical proof to substantiate the claim.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described the visit earlier this week as a "routine yearly checkup," although the Republican president had his annual physical in April.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo face medicine shortages due to fighting in the region and a lack of humanitarian funding.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday.