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Health

Mar 14, 2026
In South Carolina, measles shows how far apart neighbors can be on vaccines

Mar 14, 2026
Why women have an especially tough time in Senegal's prisons

Mar 13, 2026
A cholesterol test you've never heard of is now recommended to prevent heart disease

Mar 13, 2026
Tick-borne meat allergy can affect livestock producers' health and livelihood

Mar 13, 2026
Vaccinating bats could be good for people. But how do you vaccinate a bat?

Mar 13, 2026
After firings, funding cuts, and a shooting, can a demoralized CDC workforce recover?

Mar 13, 2026
Medicaid can share data with ICE. Here's how that 180-degree change spreads fear

Mar 12, 2026
Exercise rates are still a non-moving target

Mar 12, 2026
After firings, funding cuts and a shooting, can a demoralized CDC workforce recover?

Mar 12, 2026
Medicare Advantage 'dark money' group tries to win higher payments for insurers

Research

Mar 15, 2026
Millions of kids take melatonin but doctors are raising red flags

Mar 15, 2026
Scientists tested vitamin D for COVID and found an unexpected long COVID clue

Mar 15, 2026
Fathers’ tobacco use linked to metabolic changes in their children

Mar 15, 2026
The financial crisis that quietly stunted a generation

Mar 14, 2026
How often do people really fart? Scientists built smart underwear to find out

Mar 14, 2026
Scientists discover ALS protein that links DNA repair to cancer and dementia

Mar 14, 2026
Hidden deep-sea proteins could supercharge disease tests

Mar 14, 2026
A lab mistake at Cambridge reveals a powerful new way to modify drug molecules

Mar 13, 2026
Severe COVID or flu may raise lung cancer risk years later

Mar 13, 2026
Study finds two types of colon polyps can raise bowel cancer risk fivefold

Business

Mar 15, 2026
FDA Drug Approval Marks a First for a Disease — But It’s Not Autism

Mar 15, 2026
Epic Is Letting Health Systems Build Their Own Agents — But Are They Ready?

Mar 15, 2026
The Lethal Cost of Regulatory Perfection in Rare Disease

Mar 15, 2026
When Recalls Fail — The Gap Between Notification and Action

Mar 15, 2026
Rethinking Where Patient Recruitment Begins

Mar 13, 2026
6 Things to Know About Stryker’s Cyberattack

Mar 13, 2026
Report: Virtual GI Solutions Save Money, Improve Patient Symptoms

Mar 13, 2026
Startup Waiv Spins Out of Owkin With $33M to Bring AI Precision to Cancer Decisions

Mar 13, 2026
How Moneyball Economics in Healthcare is Taking Shape with AI    

Mar 13, 2026
The Aging Crisis Is Here, and Technology Is No Longer Optional

Sports Health

Mar 9, 2026
Poll: Public trusts career scientists over federal health officials

Mar 6, 2026
Medical groups double down on lobbying amid health policy shakeups

Mar 5, 2026
Medical schools pledge to increase nutrition education

Feb 27, 2026
In 25 years as an emergency doctor, I saw patients say ‘thank you’ in these six ways

Feb 5, 2026
Telehealth extensions, pharmacy benefit manager reform: What’s in the new spending package

Jan 29, 2026
Virtual reality can make needles less scary

Jan 16, 2026
Trump urges Congress to enact ‘Great Healthcare Plan’

Dec 24, 2025
Try to get outside and move every day

Dec 9, 2025
Q&A: Medicare PFS will benefit primary care, but budget neutrality is ‘the bigger issue’

Dec 9, 2025
Healio AI: A physician-first tool built to ‘never settle’

Public Health

Mar 13, 2026
States pass laws against health insurers' prior authorization

Mar 12, 2026
Medicare Advantage 'dark money' group tries to win higher payments for insurers

Mar 4, 2026
Why Minnesota Medicaid faces federal cuts

Feb 26, 2026
Can't get a prescription renewed? Here's how to cope with prior authorizations

Feb 25, 2026
Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump

Feb 18, 2026
State public-option health plans expand but can't fill gaps left by federal changes

Feb 10, 2026
Hospitals are posting prices for patients. It's mostly industry using the data

Feb 6, 2026
California's largest children's hospital system ends gender-affirming care for youth

Feb 5, 2026
Medical staff say immigration enforcement near medical facilities affects care

Feb 4, 2026
Congress fully funds health agencies, restoring RFK Jr.'s cuts

Global Health

Mar 13, 2026
ADHD is linked to other mental health issues. A new study suggests why

Mar 12, 2026
Europe sees decline in bird flu case detections, report finds

Mar 11, 2026
Canadian Cancer Society urges colorectal cancer screening age to be 45

Mar 10, 2026
Ultra-processed foods may be linked to behavioural issues in kids: study

Mar 6, 2026
Oilers forward Janmark has season-ending surgery

Mar 4, 2026
Animal tranquilizers are being mixed with fentanyl in Canada

Mar 4, 2026
Compliments Organic brand chocolate recalled due to ‘undeclared almonds’

Mar 4, 2026
Maple Leafs’ Tanev out for season after surgery

Feb 27, 2026
Do ‘forever chemicals’ age men faster? Experts urge caution on new study

Feb 27, 2026
Gen Z drinks less but uses nicotine more than other generations: report

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