The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage ...

In the last decade, the percentage of kindergartners with medical exemptions has held steady, at about 0.2%. But the ...

One reason for the difference is the ubiquity of air conditioning in the U.S. and the relative paucity in Europe.

The weeklong event features a variety of activities, including a 5K run/walk, a cultural festival, artist talks and more.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 848 of the 2,028 births in Racine County in 2023 were ...

This story begins with a forbidden fruit.It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner ...

A recent study shows how evictions raise community health risks, underscoring the need for stronger tenant protections and ...

One of the central claims that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services ...

Sometimes we think when there’s a hospital in the community, it’s a place where you can give birth, but that’s increasingly not the case.” ...

At his recent annual physical, Columnist Barth Keck received the vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia because his age group had been added to the list of people recommended for the shot. Not much of a ...

Despite all our social and economic challenges, latest data reveals good news for life expectancy in South Africa, especially ...

A university education is clearly a private benefit. The lifetime value of a college degree in increased earnings is inarguable. However, there are extended public benefits to locals with increased ...