Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday raised its minimum age to buy tobacco to 21, starting Sept. 1, in a move to curb youth smoking.

The first generic naloxone nasal spray to treat opioid overdose has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Older people with memory problems might get a boost from an electromagnetic device that gives the brain a helpful zap, a new study reports.

Offering consumers more information about added sugar in food products could reduce the number of heart disease and diabetes diagnoses by hundreds of thousands, a new study says.

A drug touted as a "female Viagra" can cause severe low blood pressure and fainting when used with alcohol, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.

Caito Foods has recalled pre-cut melons over possible salmonella contamination tied to 93 illnesses.

South Korea welcomed -- while Japan condemned -- a World Trade Organization decision to uphold a South Korea ban on Japanese seafood.

Democrats in Congress said Monday they will investigate the marketing tactics of e-cigarette maker Juul.

Canadian health officials on Friday announced they plan to halt the sale of implants linked to a form of cancer.

Amid shortages of widely used blood pressure drugs due to contamination with potentially cancer-causing impurities, the FDA said patients can safely take the tainted drugs in the short term.

Federal health and agriculture officials said Friday they're investigating an E. coli outbreak that's sickened 72 people across five states.

Between 2010 and 2019, the FDA says it has received reports from 35 of people, mostly teens and young adults, having seizures after vaping, though it has stopped short of saying e-cigarettes are at fault.

The FDA will have its first public hearing on cannabis and cannabis-derived products on May 31 to get feedback on regulation, manufacturing and marketing.

Amid growing concern about the safety of e-cigarettes, more American adults now believe vaping is just as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.

Women with dense breasts who get mammograms must be told of their higher risk for breast cancer under new rules proposed Wednesday by the FDA.