Measles cases this year have surpassed all of 2025 to become the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, with cases now in 44...
Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries. In a small town that one resident calls “Parkinson’s Valley,” farmers and their families are demanding that New...
The New York City Health Department reported a second death in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak on Manhattan's Upper East Side, affecting 72 individuals. Health officials are...
The tiniest menace of summer doesn’t care if you’re hiking through the woods, walking the dog or pulling weeds in your backyard. It just wants a...
Firearm homicides in the United States fell sharply in 2024, but gun suicides reached a record high, according to a new analysis of federal mortality data...
New York’s free air conditioner program ran out of funding before summer, even as extreme heat becomes a deadlier threat.
State Medicaid agencies are concerned that many sick and disabled enrollees will lose their coverage because the Trump administration is narrowing the definition of who is...
Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid....
Florida outpaces the nation when it comes to women reporting difficulty obtaining reproductive healthcare services, an analysis of women between the ages of 18 and 49...
Catron County, New Mexico, may be seeing the future of an aging population today. It has beautiful landscapes that draw retirees who fall in love with...