Health

A blood test picked up 17 types of cancer in a study of nearly 36,000 adults, many at an early stage. Here is what it can and cannot do yet.

Martha’s Rule, which lets families call for an urgent review if a patient is getting worse, is expanding to every A&E department in England by 2028.

A UCSF scientist who cracked a cancer gene once called undruggable has won $1 million, after his work led to drugs now helping cancer patients.

A woman who got a liver transplant at 18 months old is marrying the younger brother of the boy whose donation saved her life.

US overdose deaths fall 26 percent in a single year, marking the biggest decline in a generation, according to a new public health report.

No woman aged 20-24 died of cervical cancer in England from 2020-2024, a Lancet study found, crediting the HPV vaccine for some 200 lives saved

A wheelchair-using groom secretly trained for months so he could stand with help from his groomsmen and surprise his bride during their first dance.

Former Pixar animator Vincent Serritella, deadly brain cancer survivor paints portraits of doctors and nurses who helped save his life.

Monique planned a baby twins hospital surprise for Brittany, bringing Teagan and Tatum along to lift her cousin’s spirits during cancer assessments.

Kim Rowe was a rare match for her brother Troy. Their sister donates kidney to brother surgery was scheduled for his 49th birthday in New York.