Medications once used to treat illness are increasingly being taken for prevention. Experts explain what’s behind the ...

CLEVELAND — The Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of Addyi, a medication designed to address low sexual desire in women, now including post-menopausal women under age 65. Sprout ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening ...

Reading vitamin labels can sometimes be a mystifying experience. To help clarify, here are the various FDA vitamin labels and what they all mean.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coastal Bend mother has spent years advocating for stricter penalties against fentanyl traffickers after losing her son to the deadly drug. South Texas Area Director for ...

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp ...

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo got U.S. approval to expand the label of their jointly developed Enhertu drug in combination with another medicine as an initial treatment for a type of breast cancer.

The drug targets a specific mutation that applies to only 2% of ALS patients. A new drug may slow progression of -- and even reverse -- symptoms of a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS ...