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The work and pensions secretary said those who think they were unable to work probably could with the right supportEd Miliband, the energy secretary, reporte...
Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at ag...
Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast.
But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the family egg producer (...
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates.
In late January, two school-age children fr...
Several parts of Southern California are currently under a windblown dust and ash advisory as deadly wildfires continue to burn across the region.The advisor...
Several health care centers are rescheduling non-emergency procedures.Health care centers and medical facilities remain closed as the devastating California ...
As bird flu continues to spread across the United States, questions have emerged about the risk of contracting the virus from milk and eggs.More than 150 mil...
Courts across the nation are debating whether LGBTQ+ people should be protected from discrimination. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesIn 2024, state legislatures in...
The report found a rise in visits related to burn and eye injuries.The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to fire and smoke inhalation ro...
In Wisconsin, where late last year Donald Trump said at a campaign stop, “I’m an environmentalist … I want clean air and clean water—really clean water,” man...
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Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023NEW YORK -- Black women in the U.S. died...
Jennifer Aniston has partnered with Pvolve, a fitness program backed by research showing benefits for menopausal females. Photography by Zoey Grossman for Pv...
The Sacklers will no longer have liability protection from future lawsuits.The company and the once-prominent family behind the drug OxyContin agreed Thursda...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration is reviving efforts to do away with a panel that hears appeals from people who were denied public assistance to ...
ATLANTA — Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has faced repeated challenges...
RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt -- A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing to Egypt for treatment through Gaza’s Rafah crossing on Saturday,...
This is a KFF Health News story.Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist's job. They don't always remember to do it, however. At th...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelentin...
Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in herds since last yearDairy cattle ...
Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It’s practised in at l...
