Health
America’s health secretaries, almost as a rule, have résumés manicured to a point of frictionlessness. Once in a while one will attract scandal in their tenu...
SARMADA, Syria -- In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it's empty, and shelves...
RFK Jr. Has Questioned Rising Autism Rates. Here's What Experts Say He Gets Wrong About The Disorder
During his confirmation hearings two weeks ago to lead the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated several unfounded ...
In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, w...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers and the second-term gove...
HELENA, Mont. — When Lou and Lindsay Volpe’s son was diagnosed with a chronic bowel disease at age 11, their health insurer required constant preapproval of ...
Dr. Frank Frizelle has operated on countless patients in his career as a colorectal surgeon. But there’s one case that stayed with him.
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The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the confirmation of Robert FWASHINGTON -- The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the confirmation of Robert F....
A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases the body might otherwise fight off — sen...
Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run ...
The man appointed by the Canadian government to help stop fentanyl from entering the United States says his goal is to totally eliminate the drug crossing th...
Several executive orders issued by President Trump during his first week in office remain tied up in U.S. courts. J. David Ake/Getty Images
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Semaglutide, a medication widely used for diabetes and weight loss, may offer another unexpected benefit -- it could help people drink less alcohol.A study p...
Medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol, according to new government-funded research.The study was...
Lawyers for South Carolina and Planned Parenthood are returning to the state’s highest court to argue how restrictive the state's abortion ban should beCOLUM...
HAVANA, Fla. — For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years. ...
Prices for brand-name drugs in the U.S. are three times what the same drugs cost in other countries. And in a recent KFF survey, 3 in 10 adults reported not ...
If you're looking to embrace a healthier lifestyle this year, you can become more vigilant by reducing your intake of ultra-processed foods. There's scientif...
In the initial days of the Trump administration, officials scoured federal websites for any mention of what they deemed “DEI” keywords — terms as ...
Shutterstock/Dragana GordicA growing number of women experience high blood sugar levels during pregnancy which typically resolve after birth.
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ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden -- Lauren Bellefontaine came off the ice after a game in Sweden’s top women’s hockey league and detailed the toll her body had just take...
