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By Julie Appleby An overhead light drawing attention to his face, actor Danny Glover starts to cry, dropping his head into one hand — then, ...

Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, according to a new study released by the American Institute ...

By Julie Rovner Lost in all the coverage of the firing of FBI Director James Comey last week were a pair of in-depth interviews President ...

By Julie Rovner If there’s anything congressional Republicans want to do more than “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act it’s defund Planned Parenthood, which ...

The new health care bill passed last month by the House would decrease the number of insured Americans by 23 million over 10 years if ...

  By Julie Appleby New York Medicaid regulators aim to use the threat of imposing increased scrutiny of prescription drugs — such as eyeing their ...

Chest pain patients in the emergency department whose attending emergency physicians received lab results delivered direct to their smartphones spent about 26 minutes less waiting ...

By Phil Galewitz The Trump administration has given states three extra years to carry out plans for helping elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services ...