A daughter’s fight for medical attention and cognitive justice

With SNAP funding in jeopardy, Greater Chicago Food Depository sounds alarm on food access.

After firing hundreds of meteorologists, the National Weather Service announced it is filling vacant positions. Applicants are being asked to detail their support for Trump’s policies.

Life expectancy varies widely between Chicago neighborhoods. Pollution, education, access to healthy food, and racism play a role.

Anger, confusion, and sadness take root among community in the early days of Weiss Memorial Hospital’s closure.

Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states. Here's the name for Medicaid in each state.

Patients with rare diseases like stiff-person syndrome grapple with uncertainty amid NIH funding cuts.

American Academy of Pediatrics and others sue the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over vaccine changes

Although local health departments set vaccine requirements, the federal government plays a significant role in development and approval

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Speak up during an Older Americans Act day of action to protect our future

A change in recommending Covid vaccines for children and pregnant women would circumvent an expert panel but please many MAHA fans.

Older Venezuelans in the U.S. struggle with shifting immigration policies.

When older adults lose access to vital services, their entire families face the consequences.

Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates both FOIA and the Administrative Procedure Act and the CDC must be compelled to follow the law.

Exploring the differences between allopathy and osteopathic medicine.

U.S. Judge Trevor N. McFadden rules the White House cannot deny the Associated Press access to news events because the wire service continues to use "Gulf of Mexico" rather than "Gulf of America".

As the once-eliminated respiratory virus spreads across the U.S., health experts encourage measles vaccination in Chicago.

A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.

Venezuelan migrant children and the mental health journey they face

HHS cuts public comment periods, sparking concerns over transparency.

The mental health journey facing migrant children in the United States

Ongoing NIH cuts prompt confusion, concern in Chicago medical centers.

U.S. senators will meet this week over whether to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Physicians across the count...