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The National Institutes of Health grant will support community health education, early detection and prevention of diseases like Alzheimer's, hypertension and diabetes.
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As of the first week in August, 47 states are reporting cases of the parasitic illness Cyclosporiasis. According to The Associated Press, this is the worst year for infections in the U.S with over 25,000 cases nationwide.
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Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.
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Parents may be confused about the status of vaccines for their kids after President Trump's new executive order. It's important to know nothing is changing right away.
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Surging emergency cases. Death. People abandoning their life-saving medicines. That's what the so-called 'tayyibat' diet, popularized by late Egyptian Dr. Diaa al-Awadi, led to, resulting in widespread chaos across the Arab world.
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The order also recommends that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine be separated into individual shots and spread out across multiple visits.
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New research from the March of Dimes says more than half of U.S. counties have no labor and delivery hospitals. One Black midwife tries to make a difference for moms in Alabama.
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It's been a bad summer for foodborne illnesses -- from a record-breaking cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce to salmonella infections linked to jalapeños.
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Former President Joe Biden's cancer has spread to his bones, according to his son Hunter. NPR's A Martinez asks Johns Hopkins Professor Otis Brawley about prostate cancer diagnoses and treatments.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Monday about vaccines, saying children should get fewer. His administration has been blocked in the courts from changing the vaccine schedule.
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In rural regions, dwindling care is making giving birth in those areas riskier.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans to document the process on her social media to normalize discussions around fertility.