RONI CARYN RABIN

New mothers are at risk for up to a year, research has shown. But the first six weeks are the most perilous.

Recent research shows that most pregnancy-related deaths occur in the year after a baby is born. The discovery is changing how doctors care for new...

The new advice comes as breast cancer diagnoses rise among younger women and mortality rates among Black women remain persistently high.

If you’re at average risk for breast cancer, start getting mammograms at 40 and go every two years, an influential scientific panel says. Many women were doing...

Most of the deaths occurred during the early months of the year and mostly among older adults, according to new federal data.

Women’s breasts become less dense with age. Cancer may be more likely in breast tissue that is persistently denser over time, a new study suggests.

Early in the pandemic, scientists began testing an old TB vaccine against the coronavirus. But the trial enrolled fewer participants than expected as new Covid...

Men and people with severe illnesses were more likely to develop the condition within a year. But the data does not prove that the coronavirus...

The review found that the methodology of many previous studies was flawed and that risk of myriad health problems increased significantly after less than two...

In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the United States, according to new government figures. Here’s how one family coped after...