Category: Health

Scientists criticize federal response to bird flu ...

Officials have shared little information, saying the outbreak was limited. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina have changed th...

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Martin Wygod, a winner on Wall Street and the race...

After he made a fortune selling prescription drugs and providing medical information online, he and his wife became leading breede...

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How to be less self-critical when perfectionism is...

Perfectionism among young people has skyrocketed, but experts say there are ways to quiet your inner critic.

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Texas surgeon accused of secretly refusing liver t...

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disprop...

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24 hours in a makeshift migrant shelter in the Cal...

The campsite, run by a 22-year-old volunteer, became a first stop for people seeking food, water and warmth as they waited to be a...

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The need for a better dengue vaccine becomes incre...

A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop th...

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Bennett Braun, the psychiatrist who fueled the 'Sa...

He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license.

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In the battle over health care costs, private equi...

As medical practices owned by private equity firms fuel overbilling, a payment tool also backed by such investors helps insurers b...

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Large scientific study confirms benefits of physic...

Premature babies especially benefited from skin-to-skin contact, and women tended to respond more strongly than men did.

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PFAS “Forever Chemicals” are ubiquitous in water a...

A global survey found harmful levels even in water samples taken far any obvious source of contamination.

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Paying off people's medical debt has little impact...

A nonprofit group called R.I.P. Medical Debt has relieved Americans of $11 billion in hospital bills. But that did not improve the...

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Sickened by U.S. nuclear program, communities turn...

In St. Louis and around the country, people harmed by the drive for an atomic bomb have been shut out of a federal law enacted to ...

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