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The Food and Drug Administration plans to update its definition of "healthy" foods. Items that are high in saturated fat, sodium and added sugars no longer qualify.

If you're a woman in your 40s whose body can no longer tolerate alcohol, you're not alone. Researchers explain why drinking gets harder as we enter perimenopause.

Dr. Mohammad Rasekhi agreed to give up his license after the Medical Board of California detailed allegations that he sexually abused three women under his care.

We ultimately also must address the root cause of the global obesity crisis: our broken food system.

As the CDC confirmed severe illness in a Louisiana patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency related to the virus.

An advisor to Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the government to withdraw approval of the polio vaccine.

County health officials have identified what appears to be a strain unique to Los Angeles amid a spike in drug-resistant shigellosis cases.

The Biden administration is offering Pacific Gas & Electric a record $15-billion loan guarantee to help it improve its electrical grid and meet fast-rising energy use.

Los Angeles ceremony honors those who died and have not been claimed ...

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with murdering the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, struggled with a spondylolisthesis before receiving surgery.