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An adolescent girl receiving an HPV vaccine

Wider Use Of HPV Vaccine Could Reduce Cervical Cancer And Close Race Gap

At a booth at a health fair in Indianapolis, a 27 year-old African American woman named Sasha clicks through a computerized survey about cervical cancer.…

A map showing the status of state Medicaid expansion as of July 24, 2015

Medicaid Turns 50: What’s Next For The Nation’s Health Safety Net?

Congress established Medicaid fifty years ago today as a health insurance program for the poor, with the intention that the program would provide care…

A University of Arizona medical student examines a patient at the Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee, Arizona. Copper Queen has allied with other rural hospitals in southern Arizona to survive.

To Survive, Rural Hospitals Join Forces

WILLCOX, Arizona—Ask Sam Lindsey about the importance of Northern Cochise Community Hospital and he’ll give you a wry grin. You might as well be asking…

Dr. David Burkons holds the licensing certificates that allowed him to open a clinic that provides medical and surgical abortions. It took about 18 extra months of inspections, he says, to get the approval to offer surgical abortions.

Bucking Trend, Ohio Doctor Opens Clinic That Provides Abortion Services

Ohio has put many restrictions on abortion. Since 2010, about half the clinics performing the procedure in the state have closed. But Dr. David Burkons sees offering abortion as part of patient care.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder.

'NeuroTribes' Examines The History — And Myths — Of The Autism Spectrum

Steve Silberman talks about how Nazi extermination plans and a discredited scientific paper about childhood vaccines shaped our current understanding of autism.

In a previously unreleased letter, Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan told the Dept. of Health and Human Services to devise an action plan for reducing wasteful Medicare and Medicaid payments.

White House Takes Aim At Medicare And Medicaid Billing Errors

Improper payments by Medicare and Medicaid are wasting billions of dollars a year, the White House budget director said. He called for urgent corrective action in a letter that is now public.

Planned Parenthood Isn’t The Only Health Program At Risk Of Losing Funds

Federal funding for Planned Parenthood will clearly be a flash point when Congress returns this week from its summer break.But the fate of many other…

Sanders, Cummings Announce Bill To Rein In Prescription Drug Prices

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) announced plans Thursday to introduce new legislation intended to lower…

Facing Infant Mortality Crisis, Competing Agencies Work Together

This story is part of the series "Shortage in Rich Land" on Missouri's Bootheel region. Click here to see all of the stories.It’s a cold afternoon in…

Children exposed to "toxic stress" are at risk for problems throughout their lives.

Stemming The Cycle Of Toxic Stress – For The Kids’ Sake

PORTLAND—Samantha McVey brought her 4-month-old daughter, Ruby, to The Children’s Clinic for a routine check-up and vaccinations. But within minutes of…

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