Drugstore workers are pressing for better working conditions and wages in the second such labor action this month.
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Medicare expands options for mental health care
Barriers to care are made more acute by prejudices associated with mental illness and ageism, which leads some professionals to minimize older adults’ suffering.
Green spaces promote health but don’t cancel discrimination’s effects
Living near trees, plants and other greenery ‘could reduce a person’s biological age by 2.2 to 2.6 years,’ researchers write.
Advocates urge D.C. to find new ways to stem rising opioid deaths
The crisis should command more of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s attention, advocates said, as a commission assesses how to use $80 million in opioid settlement money.
Republicans delay more than $1 billion in HIV program funding
The funding delays are the latest complication facing PEPFAR, a life-saving program that has been ensnared in a broader political fight around abortion.
CDC updates RSV shot recommendations due to drug shortages
The agency updated its guidance in response to limited supply of an antibody drug designed to protect infants from the potentially fatal respiratory disease.
Most strokes are preventable. Follow these 6 steps to reduce your risk.
Here are the medicines, foods and exercises that can help you avoid this medical emergency.
Toddler formula lacks nutritional benefits, expert pediatrics group says
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued guidance on the supplemental beverages for toddlers, while also calling current marketing practices into question.
An estimated 220,000 U.S. kids under 18 diagnosed with arthritis
Although it can affect any joint, juvenile arthritis — as it is called in young people — most often affects the knees, hands and feet.
A teenager was having a stroke. His dog helped save him, doctor says.
Gabriel Silva, a 17-year-old high school student, felt his right arm go numb in the middle of the night. His border collie alerted his mom and stepdad.
