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A new study reports many females ages 30 to 35 may have untreated perimenopausal symptoms. JulPo/Getty Images
A new study shows that many young fema...
In a little over a month, the Trump administration has started to hollow out America’s federal health agencies. Roughly 2,000 probationary workers have been ...
It’s a stressful time to be a psychiatrist in America. Not a day seems to go by without a panicked patient or friend asking me how to stay grounded in the fa...
Some major medical associations are pushing back against the Department of Health and Human Services' updated definitions of biological sex in federal policy...
Some of the cases were linked to international travel, officials said.More measles cases are being confirmed across the United States as health officials wor...
If you have tips about the Trump administration’s efforts to remake American science, you can contact Katherine on Signal at @katherinejwu.12.For decades, th...
On a bright October day, high schoolers from Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus piled into a boat on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Most had never ...
Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will mean lower prices for gas, groceries, and other essentials.
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The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West TexasBANGKOK...
Premature aging may be due to various factors, such as telomere shortening and a lack of cell division. Lifestyle habits such as eating a nutritious diet, be...
Jennie Bromberg was somehow still exuberant last weekend about her future career in public health. In January, she interviewed for a competitive Ph.D. progra...
“My Dead Friend Zoe,” starring Natalie Morales and Sonequa Martin-Green, confronts a dark reality of post-combat struggle with as much humor and playfulness ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A nurse who survived an armed man’s attack on an intensive care unit in a Pennsylvania hospital said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were...
EL PASO, Texas -- On the Texas border, Dr. Hector Granados treats children with diabetes at his El Paso clinics and makes hospital rounds under the shadow of...
An unvaccinated child has died in western Texas, where 124 cases of measles have been reported since the outbreak began in January. mixetto/Getty Images
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The majority of cases have occurred among unvaccinated people.February 26, 2025, 10:55 AMAn unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the ...
Chronological age refers to a person’s age based on when they were born. The term biological aging describes the age of their cells, which can differ dependi...
The lobby at this St. John’s Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles bustles with patients. But community health worker Ana Ruth Varela is worried that ...
A recent CDC MMWR report shows three new asymptomatic human cases of bird flu, suggesting the virus may be slowly spreading. Johanna Moya/Getty Images
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