As Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm, nears the southeastern coastline of the U.S., hospitals and health systems across the Carolinas and Virginia, among other areas, are evacuating patients and providing alternate resources for people seeking medical care.

Many adolescents and young adults with opioid use disorder aren't receiving medication-assisted treatment, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Public health agencies' quick identification and response to this summer's numerous foodborne illness outbreaks highlights the technological advances over the last ten years that help protect consumers, according to NPR.

More men are turning to plastic surgeons to improve their appearance, according to WISC-TV/Channel 3000.

Physician turned publisher Leslie Norins, MD, PhD, wants to know if Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, is caused by a germ. Dr. Norins is willing to give $1 million of his own money to anyone who can…

Patients with sepsis face an increased risk of stroke or heart attack in the first four weeks after being discharged from the hospital, a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found.

Although a new fast-acting flu drug decreased the time people were sick with flu symptoms by just over a day, two clinical trials found viral resistance could develop rapidly to the drug, STAT reports.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill setting a goal for the state to have 100 percent clean energy by 2045, according to Fortune.

Clinical process improvement is an essential tool for improving financial performance and patient outcomes, according to a new report from LogicStream Health.

Forty-four million people, or 13 percent of Americans, live in a county with a primary care physician shortage, defined as less than one primary care physician per 2,000 people, according to a report from UnitedHealth Group.