A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
March 18, 2025Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
March 18, 20253-year-old hospitalized after being trapped beneath a vehicle, police say
March 18, 2025Health misinformation is everywhere. How do we determine what to believe? CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses how to navigate health misinformation with Emory University infectious disease researcher, Laurel Bristow. For more of “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
March 17, 2025Boxing gym focuses on helping people fight addiction with a workout
March 18, 2025Homeland Security officials say a doctor from Lebanon who was deported over the weekend despite having a U.S. visa “openly admitted” to supporting a Hezbollah leader and attending his funeral
March 17, 2025China's Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, announced a slew of childcare subsidies this month and promised to "care" for new mothers by giving them a daily cup of free milk,
March 18, 2025U.S. authorities on Monday said they deported a Rhode Island doctor to Lebanon last week after discovering "sympathetic photos and videos" of the former longtime
March 17, 2025Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment
March 17, 2025The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly,
March 17, 2025Britain's King Charles is still hoping to see Pope Francis during a state visit to the Vatican and Italy next month, a Buckingham Palace source said on Tuesday, more than a month
March 17, 2025PepsiCo said Monday it’s acquiring the prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95 billion
March 17, 2025Texas woman arrested for providing ‘illegal abortions,’ Texas attorney general says
March 17, 2025Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Pope Francis next month
March 18, 2025Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a Houston-area midwife has been arrested and accused of providing illegal abortions, marking the first time authorities have filed criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban
March 17, 2025As bird flu continues to spread, Trump administration sidelines key pandemic preparedness office
March 17, 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his first major initiative as the nation’s top health official to address chemicals in the American food supply. He directed the Food and Drug Administration to explore new rules to close a decades-old regulatory gap allowing companies to add ingredients without government review. Kennedy is targeting the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) provision that permits food manufacturers to self-certify certain ingredients without notifying federal regulators. The Department of Health and Human Services said a potential rule change would likely require companies to notify the FDA and submit safety data when adding new ingredients to food
March 17, 2025Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But researchers discovered they can produce electrical signals like neurons.
March 17, 2025Santa Fe authorities update timeline on the last days of Gene Hackman and his wife
March 17, 2025The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that the agency is concerned about funding shortages in Afghanistan which could force closure of 80% of WHO-supported essential health
March 17, 2025Gender-affirming hormone therapy is linked to lower depression in transgender adults, study shows
March 17, 2025Medical myths are surfacing again. 5 tips to inoculate yourself against them
March 17, 2025PepsiCo said on Monday it would buy prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95 billion, expanding into the "healthier soda" category at a time when the company is battling
March 17, 2025Sporadic violence broke out in North Macedonia on Monday as thousands of people demanded justice for 59 people killed in a nightclub blaze and called
March 17, 2025Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that protects conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths They want to undo restrictions that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear placed on the practice
March 17, 2025Therapy chickens bring joy to those who need it the most
March 17, 2025'Don't have the resources that they need': Hospital purposely understaffs to save money, nurse says
March 17, 2025Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs because of an illness that’s lingered for the past week
March 17, 2025Philly’s opioid addiction crisis is constantly evolving. Local health care workers and researchers explain some of the latest substances, side effects and treatments.
March 17, 2025Drugmaker AstraZeneca has agreed to buy Belgium-based biotechnology firm EsoBiotec for up to $1 billion, it said on Monday, seeking to accelerate the development of its
March 17, 2025Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis will watch "very carefully" how the reciprocal tariff policy proposed by the United States unfolds in early April, Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan
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