Environmental concerns are prompting cities across the country to do away with plastic shopping bags. In their place, grocery shoppers are turning to reusable bags. And while those bags are better for Mother Earth, reporter Megan Terlecky found out, they may not be so good for your health.

A sister company of the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak its voluntarily recalling all medications.

Teens that are overweight or obese are at risk for kidney problems later on.

A 69-year-old Marion County woman is the latest person in Florida to be diagnosed with meningitis because of a tainted steroid shot.

Much like Alabama’s own amendment #6, the first amendment on Florida’s ballot involves health care.

Wiregrass residents fill the Dothan Civic Center for the 10th Annual Diabetes Workshop.

Obamacare is certainly a hot topic on the campaign trail. The health care act is lengthy and many across the country are scratching their heads on what it all means.

If you need a flu shot in Henry County, Wednesday is your chance.

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) today contacted eight manufacturers of anti-fungal medications to ensure that adequate supplies are available to treat individuals with fungal meningitis in Florida.

If passed, this amendment would prohibit anyone in the state of Alabama from being forced into a health care plan.

Wiregass health officials are being proactive in the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak.

Autism awareness month was in April, but families who deal with the condition know the importance of awareness all year long.

A third Floridian who contracted meningitis from a tainted steroid injection has died.

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are trying to appeal to female voters during the second presidential debate.

The Nobel prize for medicine has been jointly awarded to Britain's Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan.

There could be some big health benefits to eating tomatoes and tomato-based foods.

The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis continues to spread.

The part of your brain that works on remembering when you’re awake…is hard at work even when you are asleep.

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you're probably reaching for the tissues right now, and some experts say this fall allergy season may be worse than normal.

A new study has revealed that free birth control may dramatically reduce the number of abortions and teen pregnancies.

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds a wrinkle fighter can calm an overactive bladder.

Roll up your sleeve. It's flu shot time.

A solution may be in the works for people who are allergic to cow's milk.

A virus may be able to stop an aggressive form of breast cancer.

One in every eight women will develop breast cancer over her lifetime. That's according to breast cancer-dot-org. At flowers hospital, the breast cancer center prides itself on early detection.