November 18, 2023, 6:18am Health
RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states. Read story
November 17, 2023, 3:24pm Health
The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say. Read story
November 16, 2023, 10:43am Health
The Biden administration on Monday announced a White House initiative to improve how the federal government approaches and funds research into the health of women, who make up more than half of the U.S. population but remain understudied and underrepresented in health research. Read story
November 16, 2023, 8:12am Health
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. Read story
November 16, 2023, 8:09am Health
Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday. Read story
November 15, 2023, 6:02am Food
Thanksgiving is a time when many Americans gather with family and friends to enjoy home-cooked meals. Read story
November 14, 2023, 8:03am Health
The life expectancy of American women is now 5.8 years longer than that of men, a trend researchers say is driven by the COVID pandemic and the opioid overdose epidemic. Read story
November 14, 2023, 8:01am Health
Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say the Biden administration is not doing enough to stop. Read story
November 13, 2023, 5:10pm Health
The Biden administration on Monday announced a White House initiative to improve how the federal government approaches and funds research into the health of women, who make up more than half of the U.S. population but remain understudied and underrepresented in health research. Read story
November 13, 2023, 3:59pm Health
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce. Read story
