Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?
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US health care policy will remain fractured until lawmakers address the core question of who is responsible for health care…
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High prescription drug costs are leaving many patients frustrated and unable to afford their medications.
The agency’s budget has grown steadily since the 1960s, fueling an industry that creates lifesaving medicines and attracts…
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Mainstream medical organizations have criticized ‘restorative reproductive medicine,’ but some Catholics who follow…
Many health symptoms can be caused by multiple illnesses – if AI can’t tell the difference between them, it won’t…
Central Hillsborough Healthy Start offers a model of community care that helps to prevent premature births.
Answering personal questions at the doctor’s office can help researchers recognize health problems and find effective…
Doulas bring a holistic, person-centered approach that can improve birth outcomes and lower overall costs.
Girls are at an even greater risk of early substance use than boys.
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from…
While hospital CEO salaries and health insurance premiums have increased, health care quality has not.
The decision undoes a highly effective 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis…