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A sensational and troubled past often dogged Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential run, but didn't prevent him from landing a Cabinet appointment from his new ally, President-elect Donald Trump.

A growing list of medical associations are pushing for battery manufacturers to make a button or "coin cell" battery that will not lead to devastating injuries when swallowed.

California officials have announced another batch of raw milk from Raw Farm is contaminated with bird flu.

The circumstances and positive testing of a raw milk sample in California don't make sense, say experts. Something is amiss.

A new study from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has identified a brain circuit that slows the breath to calm the mind.

New research and discussions with dairy farmers in the Central Valley suggests H5N1 bird flu is more widespread among people than the reported numbers indicate.

A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms recently have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through sick animals' urine.

Stress from politics isn't fundamentally different from other kinds of stress, but it can encompass and enhance other sources of anxiety, experts say.

If approved, Mehmet Oz will helm an agency that provides health coverage to more than 160 million people. One expert calls Trump's selection of the doctor and TV star "madness."

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda Co. has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.