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Few things in life are both cheaper and better, but for a long time, this was true of the chicken thigh. Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among f...
DA NANG, Vietnam -- The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people sti...
The man who allegedly
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ST. LOUIS -- As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk.On an April af...
For several years, Fred Neary had been seeing five doctors at the Baylor Scott & White Health system, whose 52 hospitals serve central and northern Texas...
It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her.
Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mot...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed w...
The FDA has not yet approved the use of topical finasteride to treat hair loss, a popular treatment sold by telehealth companies. Narongrit Doungmanee/Getty ...
Hospitals have spent years amassing political influence at the federal and state levels. According to the nonprofit OpenSecrets, hospitals and nursing homes’...
San Francisco has moved closer to adopting a “recovery first” drug policy that sets abstinence from illicit drugs as its primary goalSAN FRANCISCO -- Reeling...
For nearly three agonizing years, Mariah Freschi and her husband have been trying to have a second baby. The California mother recently underwent surgery to ...
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Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.For the week ending April 12...
Cancer-related deaths have been steadily declining in the U.S., but diagnoses are rising in women, a new report found. FatCamera/Getty Images
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The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry productsThe Agriculture Department will not require poultry ...
One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency tasked with “improv...
He’s 17 and lives in the Chicago suburbs. He loves theater and recently helped direct a play at his high school. He takes competitive AP courses and is worki...
HALLE, Belgium -- Gilles Gui was looking for the magical purple bluebells that raise their heads each spring under the budding beech leaves of the Hallerbos ...
Tina Knowles (center), mother of Beyoncé and Solange, revealed she was diagnosed with stage 1A breast cancer after missing a mammogram appointment. George Pi...
During a press conference on Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a plan to start phasing out eight synthetic food dye...
NEW YORK -- Adelynn Campbell’s last plane trip ended with a panic attack that she got through largely with the help of a kind flight attendant. That was last...
