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Across the U.S., thousands of doctors, dentists and other health care providers temporarily closed offices this spring as state health officials directed them to suspend non-urgent visits. Many others sat open but largely idle because patients were too scared to visit the doctor.

President Donald Trump trumped himself last night as he gave what appeared to be the worst, and perhaps most ignorant, medical advice during a White House coronavirus press briefing.

By Emmarie Huetteman In the midst of a global health crisis that has disrupted daily life and heightened anxieties for millions of Americans, former Vice ...

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is providing guidance for patients to minimize their risk of getting or spreading the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. A ...

There’s a deadly virus spreading from state to state. It preys on the most vulnerable, striking the sick and the old without mercy. In just ...

Adolescent and young adults who survived at least two years after a cancer diagnosis had nearly double the risk of being hospitalized compared with their ...

Youth soccer is a tremendously popular year-round sport with many physical fitness benefits, but, as with any contact sport, it carries a risk of injury to players that should be discussed with the family pediatrician.

This bipartisan bill takes patients out of the middle, ensures that patients have access to health care services when and where they need them, and provides a level playing field between physicians and insurers.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the ...

ST. LOUIS — As the last abortion clinic in Missouri warned that it will have to stop providing the procedure as soon as Friday, abortion ...