Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

A Delaware Circuit Court 2 jury in August found Hollingsworth guilty of dealing in meth and dealing in a narcotic drug, both Level 2 felonies carrying up to 30 years in prison. The judge said ...

Even small amounts of alcohol consumption could put older adults at a higher risk of dementia. That’s according to a recent study led by the University of Oxford in the U.K. — in collaboration with ...

Cognitive decline is typically considered a hallmark of aging, but research suggests that not everyone is susceptible. A study from Northwestern University looked at a group of 80-year-olds who ...

PRESIDIO, Texas — A 28-year-old man from Chihuahua, Mexico, has been charged with attempting to smuggle narcotics across the border into Presidio on Wednesday evening. According to the Presidio County ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A massive methamphetamine drug haul worth approximately $63 million was seized in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday, and six Iranian nationals were taken into ...

Why does hair turn gray? And how is that common hallmark of aging connected to a life-threatening disease? A new study may have pinpointed how going gray is connected to one of the deadliest forms of ...

A groundbreaking international study has uncovered striking genetic differences in how women and men experience depression, and it could help explain why women are diagnosed with the condition at ...

A drug bust earlier this month at the Los Indios International Bridge near Brownsville, Texas, seized more than $1.3 million in methamphetamine and black tar heroin from reaching U.S. streets, federal ...

Life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, according to global health research — but mortality rates for teens and young adults are of growing concern. The latest release of The Global Burden of ...

The study followed more than 120,000 adults over 10 years. None of them had liver disease when the research began. Over time, scientists tracked what the participants drank and also assessed their ...