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FORT WORTH, Texas — While on a 25-mile campaign walk from Taylor, Texas, to Round Rock, Texas, James Talarico got fatigued and nauseous and went to the emergency room the next morning. There he was diagnosed with Type 1 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two more New Yorkers have died of Legionnaires’ disease, raising the death toll from this summer’s Upper East Side outbreak to eleven, as city officials say they have stopped the virus in its tracks.

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Gov. Josh Shapiro came to the Philadelphia suburbs on Friday morning to announce a new investment in a local police department. But the first question he fielded at a news conference concerned the growing confusion and ...Read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Carlos A. grew up in a family on Medicaid, which made healthcare an afterthought since the public insurance is free for low-income enrollees. But when he received a raise two years ago, he found ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I am at my wits' end with "Barney," my husband of 35 years. He retired two years ago, but I am still working and likely will for several more years. I've worked from home successfully since long before the COVID...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The mother of a central North Carolina teenager infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba is sharing the family’s story on a GoFundMe page to help with their medical and related expenses.

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You’ve probably heard it for years, every time you get a prescription for antibiotics: “Make sure to take all the pills.”

Traditionally, clinicians have given two reasons for these strict instructions: So ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother gets headaches from time to time, but recently she's been reading that some headaches can be signs of serious medical problems. What's the difference between a headache that's just a nuisance ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: Twenty-six years ago, I began what was supposed to be an affair with my current girlfriend, "Lacey." I was married at the time, and when my then-wife caught me, I was told we needed only to figure out who got ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm 78 years old and in pretty good health. I walk 3 miles four times a week, bike 8 miles once a week, and lift weights twice a week. Besides eye drops for glaucoma, the only medication I take is 20 mg ...Read more

Obesity rates in the U.S. are falling as the use of GLP-1s is increasing. More than one in 10 folks report taking one of the medications currently available (tirzepatide, semaglutide, liraglutide, dulaglutide, exenatide, ...Read more

A major produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands, citing battered consumer confidence and sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.

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DETROIT — Michigan's worst outbreak of cyclosporiasis has slowed, with fewer than 200 new cases reported this week, according to numbers released Thursday by the state.

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PHILADELPHIA — Pope Leo XIV is significantly more popular among Pennsylvania Democrats than Republicans in the state, according to an Inquirer/New York Times/Siena University poll released this week.

While 75% of ...Read more

A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal.

Within about 30 minutes, his heart rate had ...Read more

Latino Americans are 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than white Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

In Colorado, nearly a quarter of the overall population identifies as...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- During Operation Metro Surge, Anoka United Church of Christ became a hub for neighbors helping neighbors.

Six months after the surge in immigration enforcement spurred fresh civic engagement in Minnesota, ...Read more

Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision.

She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two surgeries last ...Read more

Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues.

“I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, ...Read more