Pope Francis, 88, passed away on Monday morning after battling respiratory issues and kidney failure. Despite his modest ...

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died at the age of 88 years after battling a series of illnesses, ...

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“We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” Mr. Kennedy said at a hearing in January before the Senate confirmed him as the secretary of Health and Human Service ...

Kennedy offered his own answer: “chronic disease,” to which “90 percent of health-care spending” is devoted. He specifically pointed to rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and cancer, as well as ...

The health secretary’s announcement came on the first day of a tour through the Southwest to showcase nutrition legislation and other priorities. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn Reporting from Salt ...

Research has long demonstrated that chronic absenteeism is correlated with “increased rates of high school dropout, adverse health outcomes and poverty in adulthood, and an increased likelihood of ...

Gallbladder disease includes inflammation, infection, stones or blockage of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a sac located under the liver. It stores and concentrates bile produced in the liver.

Country music star Carly Pearce is shedding light on her health. The 34-year-old shared a health update after she was diagnosed with an "intense" heart condition called pericarditis. "I'm doing a ...

COPD refers to a group of lung conditions which cause breathing problems and includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is currently diagnosed using spirometry, a lung function test which ...

A post-mortem revealed he had asthma and bronchitis, and it's likely the freezing water exposure worsened his condition. He may have survived for several days — unable to move, freezing ...

The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized on Feb. 14 after a long bout with bronchitis that left him breathless at times, and which quickly developed into double pneumonia and revealed a ...