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Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, joins Vice President Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Capitol Hill to advocate for the GOP health overhaul bill.

Here Is What's In The House-Approved Health Care Bill

9:08pm May 04, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The House GOP's bill to replace the Affordable Care Act would all but eliminate the requirement that people buy health insurance and shrink Medicaid coverage. It also cuts taxes for the wealthy.

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House Republicans passed a version of the American Health Care Act. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Winners And Losers Under The House GOP Health Bill

6:09pm May 04, 2017

The version of the American Health Care Act passed by the House eliminates taxes on corporations and wealthy people and shrinks Medicaid coverage. A chart breaks down who would be affected and how.

Landline telephones are slowly disappearing from American homes.

The Daredevils Without Landlines — And Why Health Experts Are Tracking Them

3:33pm May 04, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

It's official: A majority of U.S. homes only have mobile phones. But who knew wireless-only households were into risky behavior? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researcher explains.

A saliva test allowed scientists to accurately predict how long concussion symptoms would last in children.

Spit Test May Reveal The Severity Of A Child's Concussion

5:05am May 04, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

By measuring fragments of genetic material in saliva, scientists were able to accurately predict whether a young person's concussion symptoms would last days or weeks.

Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy in 2015 in Mill Valley, California.

Understanding The History Behind Communities' Vaccine Fears

4:57pm May 03, 2017

by Emily Sohn

A measles outbreak in Minnesota's Somali-American community is the latest example of the challenges public health officials face in addressing deeply ingrained concerns about vaccine safety.

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore opened a six-bed urgent care center next to its infusion center a couple of years ago. Of the patients who land there, about 80 percent are discharged home afterward, rather than needing admission to the hospital.

Urgent Care Services For Cancer Patients Offer A Gentler ER Alternative

12:15pm May 03, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

Some hospitals and oncology practices are setting up urgent care sites tailored to the needs of cancer patients, to help keep them out of the emergency room when complications or side effects arise.

The death rate for African-Americans dropped 25 percent over 17 years, but most of that was among people ages 65 and older.

Death Rate Among Black Americans Declines, Especially For Elderly People

6:18pm May 02, 2017

by Rob Stein

The CDC says the death rate for black Americans fell 25 percent over 17 years and was especially dramatic for those 65 and older. But young black people are still dying earlier than white Americans.

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Author Susannah Meadows sought alternative treatments for her son when traditional treatments failed.

A Child's Suffering Drives A Mother To Seek Untested Treatments

2:48pm May 02, 2017

by Heather Won Tesoriero

When medication wasn't relieving her 3-year-old son's juvenile arthritis, Susannah Meadows started investigating non-medical treatments like diet and supplements.

Brian Vastag suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS for short. He is part of an NIH study of the disease, which is commonly called chronic fatigue syndrome.

NIH Study Aims To Unravel The Illness Known As 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'

5:40pm May 01, 2017

by Miriam E. Tucker

Researchers do not know what causes people with the condition now known as ME/CFS to suffer debilitating exhaustion and other symptoms that make many everyday activities all but impossible.

It turns out it's difficult to get people to adhere to the various dietary restrictions that come with participating in a fasting study.

Fasting Studies Clash With Our Desire To Eat What We Want, When We Want It

3:45pm May 01, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Fasting every other day is no better for losing weight or keeping it off than restricting calories every day, a study suggests. And it's yet another example of how hard it is to study fasting.