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http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/041909_full.mp3Topics for this week include: Federal Stimulus Funding for Health Clinics; Public Health Insurance:…

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/112413_4.mp3Traditional radiation for breast cancer patients usually involves six weeks of treatment after…

For its latest anti-tobacco campaign, the Food and Drug Administration wants to harness hip-hop swagger to reach minority teens — who disproportionately suffer the consequences of smoking.

In the wake of the Flint water crisis, states are rushing to test for high levels of lead in drinking water. But many are failing to come to grips with a…

Frustrated scientists argued Wednesday that making nasty viruses even worse in the lab provides crucial insight into preventing pandemics. Others say it just ups the risk a lab germ will start one.

This story has been updated on March 7, 2017.Missouri State Senator David Sater is looking for ways to reduce the amount of money his state spends on…

City Supervisor Scott Wiener said he is taking a pill that can dramatically reduce the risk of HIV infection. He appears to be the first elected official to have gone public with the decision.

When the hospital closed in rural Ellington, Missouri, a town of about 1,000, the community lost its only emergency room, too. That was 2016. That same…

One in four calls to the Washington, D.C., 911 line isn't an emergency. The city now has triage nurses working with dispatchers to get callers with less urgent needs a same-day clinic visit instead.

When José moved his family to the U.S. from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life.But now he worries about the…