There are lots of reasons people have to stop taking the new weight loss drugs: cost, shortages, side effects and life events. And the weight usually comes back, doctors say.
After a shooting, relatives or neighbors of the victim are sometimes left to clean up human remains on their own. Philadelphia's new program will start addressing that fraught task.
Mandy Messinger is one of hundreds who lose loved ones to climate-linked extreme weather each year in the U.S. Her father Craig Messinger was killed in a 2021 flash flood in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Wildfires, hurricanes, flash floods and heat waves contribute to deaths across the U.S. every year. Have you lost a loved one in an extreme weather event? Share your story.
Fifteen-year-old Ella Velez’s favorite gymnastics event is vault. The vault is quick, and she doesn’t have to think very much about what she’s doing unlike other, slower events like the balance beam. But for the past couple of years, Velez has had to be focused on regulating her blood sugar every time she performs gymnastics. But a longtime endocrinologist based in Columbus, Dr. Steven Leichter, helped Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown become one of the first medical facilities in the country to administer a new treatment designed to delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes.
Anne Banfield left West Virginia in early 2022 and is now an OB-GYN in Maryland. As the 2024 election approaches, she fears more change and uncertainty is on the way.
The Texas Medical Board has drafted guidelines for doctors to decide when an abortion is necessary and legal under the state's strict ban. The rules were widely panned at a recent public hearing.
An avian flu outbreak in dairy herds has stoked tensions between the federal government and raw milk advocates. Milk testing could provide assurances and useful data, but some farmers oppose it.
The Central African Republic is the first country to receive thousands of doses of a new malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization last October.
The World Health Organization hoped to have a treaty ready for ratification at its assembly next week. On Friday, WHO leader Tedros said negotiators couldn't resolve all the sticking points in time.
There seems to be a fee for just about everything, from a verification fee to a convenience fee and more. And it’s not all pocket change. So, when you pay a fee, where does the money go? Well, let’s take for example, the Georgia Department of Community Health.
Abortion Rights has been a motivating political issue for generations, and this year might be the most intense for those on both sides of the issue.
NPR's Sarah McCammon reports on the anti-abortion rights activists who want to ramp up restrictions, criminalize patients who pursue abortions, and ban procedures like IVF.
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The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Black Maternal Health Caucus launched a year-long Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative to address maternal mortality and maternal health disparities in partnership with mothers, grantees, community organizations, and state and local health officials.
With IT systems down, staff at Ascension have to use manual processes they left behind some 20 years ago. It's the latest in a string of attacks on health care systems that house private patient data.
