August 18, 2024, 6:00am Health
The nation’s top doctor said the United States is “falling short” in protecting the public health of children and adolescents from the impact of social media and firearm violence — and both are areas where he wants Congress to take additional action. Read story
August 18, 2024, 6:00am Health
Doctors and advocates say efforts to ban gender-affirming care and the often inaccurate language lawmakers use to do it exploits most Americans’ relative unfamiliarity with transgender people to push a political agenda. Read story
August 16, 2024, 3:39pm Health
COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. Read story
August 15, 2024, 5:18pm Health
A new study has found that Americans have the lowest life expectancy of similar English-speaking countries. Read story
August 15, 2024, 1:49pm Health
Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs. Read story
August 14, 2024, 5:52pm Health
The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent. Read story
August 14, 2024, 9:05am Health
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders. Read story
August 14, 2024, 8:55am Health
A new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows gaps remain in Vaccines for Children, a federally funded program to provide free vaccines to low-income families, with lower vaccination coverage among children living in poverty remaining a persistent problem. Read story
August 14, 2024, 7:55am Health
A University of Washington-led research team could receive up to $21.1 million as part of a federal grant aiming to reduce cancer deaths in the U.S. — a goal President Joe Biden has championed for years and revisited Tuesday. Read story
August 13, 2024, 6:04am Health
Are you spending more time in the bathroom than you’d like? Loads of TikTok posts show you’re not alone. Read story
