Low wages, empty plates, heavy toll: Rethinking suicide prevention
People don’t typically think of suicide as an issue of economics, but it often is.
About 8% of the country lacked health insurance in 2025, new data shows. That could rise next year
The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kids keep getting stuck in hospitals, even after being cleared for discharge
Some children spend months in hospitals while adults find them safe places to go.
License to deliver: Some midwives break the law to assist with home births
For decades, professional midwives have been advocating for laws to legalize and regulate their profession.
By changing women’s lives, the pill changed the nation
The pill helped give birth to modern America. Known by one simple word, the revolutionary oral contraceptive — approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 66 years ago this…
When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know
Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing. Guidelines disagree on whether to begin at age 40, 45 or 50, and whether a yearly or every-other-year scan is best.
A new Medicare option for weight loss drugs: What older Americans should know
Medicare beneficiaries may get a GLP-1 prescription for weight loss for $50 a month.
US health officials order quarantine for 2 passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
U.S. health officials say they've issued quarantine orders for two passengers who were on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital…
Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows
Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace could drop by nearly 5 million people this year. That's according to a new analysis from the healthcare research nonprofit KFF published…
FDA blocked melanoma drug as confusion reigned under Makary
The FDA’s decision would have raised few eyebrows before the current administration took power.