Dr. Erica Schwartz, a formal deputy surgeon general, was nominated by President Donald Trump in April.
Experts say the updated name aims to improve diagnosis, reduce stigma and better reflect the condition's full impact on the body.
More than two dozen people from at least 12 different countries left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak without contact tracing, officials say
One of the first studies conducted on AI's ability to perform complex medical reasoning tasks has been published in "Science" magazine on Thursday. It has found that AI is often performing better than human physicians in complex medical diagnosis and reasoning.
Nearly five months after a social worker was stabbed by a patient at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital a new internal audit details what led up to the December attack at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital - including prior threats made by the suspect.
A judge is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the Justice Department on Tuesday, clearing the way for the company to finalize a settlement of thousands of lawsuits it faces over its role in the opioid crisis.