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I used to be a normal urinator. Then I reached my 50s.

Let’s be clear: As an aging man, you never know when a potential leak lurks.

Emotional trauma of miscarriage on men is often overlooked

While many men want to support their partners, it is important to create space for them to grieve, too.

Parents of kids with medical complexity are five times likelier to have poor or fair mental health than counterparts, study says

These adults also were more than twice as likely to say they didn’t know where to find mental health support in their communities, according to the report.

Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk

More than half of Americans live in a county that has not met President Biden’s goal of 70 percent of adults receiving at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine by July 4, according to a Washington Post analysis. Those counties are seeing steeper in…

15 million people in the U.S. have missed their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, CDC says

As of June 16, more than one in 10 eligible people had skipped out on the follow-up jab.

Johnson & Johnson says its coronavirus vaccine is effective against delta variant

The news, based on a small study, offers hope to many developing economies and suggests all U.S.-approved shots are effective against known coronavirus variants.

First rules to protect patients from unexpected medical bills issued by agencies

The new rules follow a law to ban surprise billing that takes effect in January.

White House launches ‘surge response’ teams to delta variant hot spots

The highly transmissible variant remains the “greatest threat” to the U.S. coronavirus response, officials warn.

CureVac, the latest experimental coronavirus vaccine, proves just 48 percent effective overall, a disappointing result

The vaccine is the third to be based on messenger RNA technology that is part of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.

85 teens, staffers get coronavirus at summer camp that didn’t require masks or check vaccine status

The outbreak underscores the continued threat of the virus and its new, more transmissible variants in places with low vaccination rates.