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New research suggests an early intervention with two common, low cost drugs could be lifesaving after a heart attack. PixelCatchers/Getty Images
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Supporters of a nontraditional medical freedom movement who’ve placed their faith in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are frustrated...
The U.S. measles outbreak has reached 800 confirmed cases across 24 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. The latest update...
Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small.
The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourn...
Seven cases have been confirmed in Michigan this year, say health officials.Michigan is reporting the state’s first measles outbreak since 2019, defined as a...
A new study found linked to CT scans to increased cancer risk, but the overall risk remains low. Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images
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NEW YORK -- Her first panic attack came at a company-wide meeting, right before her scheduled presentation. Carolina Lasso had given many similar talks about...
On the heels of a new report showing that rates of autism diagnoses have again increased, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he w...
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including i...
Health agencies and experts recommend fluoride in drinking water at low levels (currently 0.7 mg/L in the U.S.) to promote dental health. LukaTDB/Getty Image...
Governors in several states have recently announced plans to eliminate some unhealthy foods from their food stamps programs, creating momentum for a key comp...
LONDON -- In a judgment with far-reaching implications, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female and that tran...
A sudden and mysterious outbreak of communicable disease began recently in my apartment building in Manhattan. Three 7-year-olds, a boy and two girls, were s...
Is this fast paced drama – featuring Holliday Grainger and Ambika Mod - about a kidnapped child enjoyably daft or just nonsense? Luckily, it has enough chutz...
Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with th...
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”
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Sarah Palin knew her audience. In 2013, during a speech at CPAC, the annual Republican confab, the former Alaska governor reached down into her lectern and p...
The measles outbreak in western Texas continues to grow, with 561 confirmed cases, according to new data published Tuesday.This is an increase of 20 new case...
This is an increase from one in 36 children diagnosed in 2020.Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the United States, according to a new report pub...
AURORA, Ill. -- At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket...
