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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was officially sworn in this week. His confirmation was held up for more than a year because of comments he made about gun violence. Murthy talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

State prisons across the U.S. are failing to treat at least 144,000 inmates who have hepatitis C, a curable but potentially fatal liver disease, according…

The Illinois Department of Corrections continues to flounder in its efforts to care for inmates with mental illness, according to a new report authored by…

The state of mental health care in Mississippi has been in freefall for years.As a consequence of the ripple effects of the financial crisis, Mississippi…

Procedural errors are confusing people and leaving some stunned with unexpected loss of Medicaid health insurance coverage.

Over the course of her lifetime, Paula Schulte survived painful scoliosis that contorted her spine, a head injury that left her in a coma for weeks, and…

While Thanksgiving may prompt formal expressions of gratitude around the dinner table, psychologists say that adopting a more universal “attitude of…

Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter (1811-1859) was a pioneering physician who helped modernize surgical practice and innovate plastic surgery in the US. Here we…

Barbara Herndon lay in the center of her bed, muscles tensed, eyes on the television. She was waiting for the storm.All morning on that day in late May,…

The American Legion of Indiana passed a resolution Sunday calling on Congress to recognize marijuana as a drug with medical value and asking Indiana…