A growing number of California’s oldest residents are dying of malnutrition, a yearslong trend that accelerated during the covid pandemic.

Many of her clients don’t believe it when Maryland tax preparer Diana Avellaneda tells them they might qualify for low-cost

President Joe Biden’s 2024 proposed budget includes plans to shore up the finances of Medicare, the federal health insurance program

Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in January 2021 because she was

While eating disorders have been widely publicized for decades, far less attention has been given to a related condition called

Cannabis is a widely used psychoactive drug worldwide, and its popularity is growing: The U.S. market for recreational cannabis sales

One-third of families who relied on formula to feed their babies during the COVID-19 pandemic were forced by severe infant

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about an increase in trafficking of fentanyl adulterated

The passage of Obamacare — formally, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) — in 2010 meant that that

There are well-documented mental health benefits to pet ownership, as much research has shown. Indeed, we know there are some physical

You may not be able to see PFAS molecules around you, but they are ubiquitous: in our food, leaching into

Andrew Johnson lets his clients choose what music to play in the car. As an employee of Family Outreach in

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who rose to national prominence criticizing big business in general and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, claimed

The only hospital in a Northern Idaho town of 9,000 people, Bonner General Health, announced last week that it was

Climate change is generating major economic problems in the United States, the Biden administration said in an annual report published

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