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Gloria Sachdev has spent years challenging the health care industry, trying to bring down the high cost of care.
It’s working, even...
SALINAS, Calif. — This coastal valley made famous by the novelist John Steinbeck is sometimes known affectionately as “America’s salad bowl,” though the plan...
In 2022, more than 941,600 Americans died from cardiovascular disease.Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a n...
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization chief asked global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U....
The second-largest egg producer in the U.S. reported an outbreak on Tuesday.One of the nation's top egg producers confirmed that one of its farms tested posi...
Friday marks five years since the COVID-19 virus was declared a public health emergency by the United States. But five years later, the virus is still killin...
Four viruses are currently circulating in the United States, which some have referred to as a "quad-demic."Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.As of Jan. 24, there have been 67 confirmed ...
The drug is for moderate to severe acute pain.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for...
Researchers were scrambling to collect and archive as much data as possible.Government agency webpages about HIV, LGBTQ+ people and multiple other public hea...
Higher levels of long COVID were found in lower-income households.More than 1 million children may have been affected by long COVID in 2023, new federal data...
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s famous name, populist stances and loyal following have earned him President Donald Trump's support, b...
Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last weekK...
Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study.As temperatures increase, rats are bette...
Joanne Matos, a 37-year-old mother of two, lives with congestive heart failure, a form of cardiovascular disease. Image Provided by Joanne Matos
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Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV).There is currently no evidence that the outbreak is o...
Officials believe bird flu has killed wild and domestic birds across the stateJanuary 29, 2025, 2:09 PMBird flu appears to be widespread in Massachusetts, st...
When I was unexpectedly diagnosed with ADHD last year, it turned my entire identity upside down. At 37, I’d tamed my restlessness and fiery temper, my obsess...
Magic Lens/ShutterstockHanging the washing out to dry in the garden has been a rare sight these last few months, with winter storms bringing freezing temper...
Updated at 5:53 p.m. on January 31, 2025
Last night, scientists began to hear cryptic and foreboding warnings from colleagues: Go to the CDC website, and d...
In the past two weeks, the Trump administration has spent a remarkable amount of time undoing health orders—not just the Biden administration’s rules, but al...
