Every so often, a drug emerges with the potential to revolutionize the world. According to medical experts, the latest contenders to hold that possibility...
Why It Matters: Opioid addiction affects every part of American society.Addiction cuts across class, race and geography, the KFF researchers found. Rural and white...
Juliette Vasquez recently gave birth to her daughter with the help of Medicaid, which covered her prenatal medications and checkups. However, she now fears...
Not Everyone Is CelebratingPublic health groups including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Cancer Society had...
Carrie Frost, a registered nurse and mother of two from Colorado, admits to having a large collection of reusable flasks at home, accumulating "upward...
Federal regulators have halted human subject research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, which is affiliated with Columbia University, following the suicide of...
In blistering 100-degree heat one recent afternoon at Valley State Prison in California’s Central Valley, inmates crowded around small windows in a prison yard...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first pill for postpartum depression, marking a significant milestone in the recognition and treatment of...