The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of covid has expired, but states and localities are trying to fill the ...

California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu ...

The nation's preterm birth rate, which last year was 10.4%, has not budged much in the past decade. Separately, a CDC report finds that babies born to Black moms die at a rate that's more than double ...

The bill cleared the Ohio Senate on Wednesday. In South Carolina, an eighth grade transgender student sues his school district and the state over the bathroom rule. Other news from across the nation ...

Lawmakers are putting forward constitutional amendments to protect abortion access, marriage equality, and voting rights. Meanwhile, a Republican legislator in Ohio backs a measure to prohibit funding ...

Most Americans could probably guess that heart disease, diabetes and cancer are among the world’s fastest-growing causes of death. Yet one rapidly accelerating health threat now lurks under the radar, ...

If confirmed to the top job at the Justice Department, the now-resigned Rep. Matt Gaetz would be in the position to decide what Affordable Care Act, emergency medicine, abortion, and LGBTQ+ laws the ...

Meanwhile, Hims & Hers tackles the GLP-1 shortage with a new app; Eli Lilly releases data on tirzepatide efficacy; 23andMe faces privacy concerns; and more.

In other news, University of Illinois nurses strike; Baystate Health makes leadership cuts; St. Louis University tackles a lack of palliative care; and more.

Researchers found evidence that listeria, E. coli, norovirus, and adenovirus — pathogens that likely hitched a ride on plastic fragments — can still be detected in treated water. In unrelated news, ...

In separate appearances, both CDC chief Mandy Cohen and Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine regulator, spoke about the consequences of not being vaccinated. “I like to be respectful of people’s ...

The CDC reports that opioid overdose deaths have dropped for a 12th straight month, with the decline being seen in a majority of states. CBS News: Opioid Overdose Deaths Drop For 12th Straight Month, ...