HEALTH

The vice president now believes that incremental change, not a sweeping overhaul, is the best path to improving U.S. health care.

Research shows 9/11 responders face higher rates of dementia and cognitive impairment.

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Inspectors discovered rusted equipment, condensation dripping on the floor and green mold on the wall two years before a deadly nationwide listeria outbreak.

Lawmakers berated the former New York governor over his 2020 order that forced the state’s nursing homes to readmit more than 9,000 covid-positive patients.

The track records of Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump on drug pricing suggest either ticket would take an aggressive approach to try to curb prescription drug costs.

The former president suggests he wants to see marijuana reclassified as a Schedule III drug, the first time Trump has endorsed the easing of federal restrictions.

Babesiosis is on the rise and can be serious, especially for people who are immunocompromised.

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Illness can be isolating, making caregiving that much harder. Just one person can change everything.

The National Library of Medicine offers a wide-ranging series of online lectures on the history of medicine as seen through the lens of the world’s largest biomedical library.

Doctors thought her constantly running nose was due to allergies or a virus. Eight years earlier, a relative had a similar problem that had an unfortunate ending.

If used before HPV exposure, the completed vaccination series can protect against 92 percent of cancers associated with the virus.

Here’s what to know about avian influenza, its symptoms and treatment, and its risk to humans and pets.

This is the 14th human case of bird flu reported this year in the United States and the first without a known occupational exposure to infected animals.

Food dye transformed the skin of mice into a living window revealing blood vessels, muscle fibers and gut contractions, according to a new study.

Nearly 6 percent of U.S. middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes this year compared to last year’s 7.7 percent.

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