Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate people. Toronto-born Abbott practised ...

The Black American West Museum & Heritage Center, located in a home that was once the office of Dr. Justina Ford, Denver's ...

A new report published Monday found that heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States.

The American Cancer Society is looking for 100,000 Black women for a cancer study as the organization works to find out why that population group has one of the highest death rates and shortest ...

A mother and father who almost starved their teenage ballerina daughter to death denied anything was wrong with her – with a judge noting they were more concerned about their “egos, views and beliefs” ...

Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually ...

“The death of an infant from SIDS or SUID [Sudden Unexpected Infant Death] is unbelievably horrific. And we as a public ...

American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board ...

If you come out unequivocally — ‘vaccines are safe, it does not cause autism’ that would have an incredible impact,” Sen.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States ... "The stats are pretty sobering from this report," Dr. Tara Narula, ABC News chief medical correspondent and a board ...

After his first wife's death, he helped start the Hemlock Society, wrote the bestseller “Final Exit” (1991), and assisted in pushing through a landmark law in Oregon to legalize physician-assisted ...