A new tool in understanding and improving nutrition for all now resides at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The ...

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The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

Millions of people across the South—particularly in rural or low-income areas—have limited or no access to preventive oral ...

Prevention begins with adequate care, but when more than half of Alabama’s counties are considered maternity care deserts or ...

From digging into President Donald Trump’s battle with the courts to deciding whether people can be required to identify ...

More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

The federal budget bill championed by President Trump is before the U.S. Senate, and it could include changes to Medicaid ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Alabama Department of Public Health along with the Alabama Department of Mental Health, Jefferson County Department of Health, and Mobile County Health Department have ...

Based upon sampling from the Alabama Department of Public Health taken last fall, the department has released its latest fish consumption advisories for 2025.