The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

Fertility treatments remain out of reach for millions of Americans, particularly Black and Hispanic women.

Senator Mitch McConnell has continued to receive his full salary while being absent from the Senate for medical reasons.

With PE cuts and shrinking recess in many schools, why are we now testing kids on skills we never really taught them?

When the AHRQ cancellations started, no one was giving the public a clear picture of what was being lost. My team built one. This is research that makes care safer and more affordable. Americans dese...

What happens when an expensive drug that works well for a condition affecting millions of people remains out of reach to many of those who would benefit?

Fewer than half (49%) of Americans can afford needed care and medications, a five-year low. Younger, older and adults with chronic conditions are hit hardest.

“There’s a complete mismatch between where we see PrEP clinics, and where we see HIV,” said Natalie Crawford, a researcher at Emory who is leading an initiative to support and train pharmacies in HIV ...

Insurance denials hit many Americans, but marginalized and sicker patients suffer most because appeals are complex, delaying care and widening health inequities.

States are restricting SNAP purchases in a largely uncontrolled policy experiment backed by little evidence.

Eric Dane died at age 53, nearly one year after publicly announcing his ALS diagnosis. His friends launched a GoFundMe in the wake of his death to support his two daughters with ex Rebecca Gayheart.

Maine’s first measles case since 2019 has been confirmed by the Maine CDC as two new outbreaks have been reported nationwide this year.

There’s growing evidence that medicine risks losing talent from poor and working-class, Black and Latino communities. Ultimately, patient care will suffer as a result.

As the data center building spree continues and the federal government rolls back environmental and health protections, the health toll will be heaviest in marginalized communities.

This study examines rates of poverty, food insecurity, and housing instability among US health care workers.

An entire gambling ecosystem operates with virtually no federal guardrails, and a generation is growing up with casinos on their phones.

Physicians receive lower payments for taking care of Black and Hispanic patients than white patients, according to a new study. Dr. Aaron Schwartz, the study’s lead, explains what may be driving the d...

The massive changes to SNAP will hit low-income people hard for years to come.

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

As SNAP budget cuts and expanded work requirements kick in, millions of children may lose access to free school meals.

More frequent, intense and destructive fires fueled by climate change cause far more death and illness than official tallies capture.

In her new book, journalist Shoshana Walter revelas how many programs exploit patients, bar mothers, underuse buprenorphine, and worsen racial and gender disparities.

The embrace of doula support even in Republican-led states is colliding with sweeping federal cuts to health care, public health and research on health disparities.

Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

“The academic in me is never going to say causality,” said Harvard's Jeremy Faust. “But the person with a functioning brain is going to say I’m worried about a causal relationship.”

"This is the story post-Dobbs, that people are doing everything within their power and expertise to make sure that people can still get care," said David Cohen, a law professor at Temple University.

The budget bill adopted by the House of Representatives on May 22 is not so much a fiscal blueprint as a manifesto in policy retrenchment. Behind its

An unvaccinated school-age child died after being hospitalized in West Texas