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White House doctor says Trump is 'fully fit' in medical report

11:34am April 13, 2025

President Trump lost 20 pounds, lowered "bad" cholesterol and has "diverticulosis and a benign polyp," according to a medical report released by the White House.

Alondra Mercado, a community health worker with the Central California Asthma Collaborative, helps provide services through an ambitious California Medicaid initiative. On a recent morning in March, she visited a family in Turlock to teach a mother how to control in-home asthma triggers that cause flare-ups in her young son.

California's $12 billion Medicaid experiment stretches the definition of health care

10:01am May 14, 2024

by Angela Hart

The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.

Health & Safety

Rural NC hospitals struggling to find workers

4:27pm April 28, 2022

by Paul Garber

Some smaller hospitals are facing staff shortages that have caused administrators to change the way they provide care, speakers at a virtual town hall on the state of rural health care in North Car

Positive HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) blood test results, computer illustration.

Some Push To Change State Laws That Require HIV Disclosure To Sexual Partners

5:00am January 22, 2020

by Paige Pfleger

In more than 30 states, it is illegal for someone with HIV to have sex without first disclosing their status. Some are now trying to change that, arguing that those laws endanger public health.

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The Supreme Court, seen in June. Next year the justices will hear arguments on a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic that performs abortions.

Major Medical, Legal Groups Oppose Louisiana Abortion Law Before U.S. Supreme Court

9:49pm December 02, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

In new amicus briefs, the American Medical Association and American Bar Association are among groups opposing the law, which is scheduled for oral arguments in March.

Flu Deaths Across North Carolina Rise; CDC Releases Flu Shot Data

4:28pm February 15, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' latest report, 17 more residents have died from the flu.

Legal issues — evictions, domestic violence, or insurance claim denials, for example — all too often can cascade into problems with bad medical outcomes.

Hospitals Are Partnering With Lawyers To Treat Patients' Legal Needs

5:54pm June 06, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

Roughly 300 health care systems around the country have set up medical-legal collaborations to help patients solve legal problems that can affect their health — at little or no cost to the patients.