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While fewer sugary-drink commercials are airing on TV, more of these ads are now being promoted on social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter,…

With the 2015 open enrollment period on HealthCare.gov underway, JoAnn Volk, Senior Research Fellow and Project Director at the Georgetown University…

"One consequence of the cases of health care workers becoming infected in Texas, after treating an infected man who had traveled from Africa, is that…

"All the talk about Ebola and Enterovirus 68 has led public health officials ramp up their urging that we all get a flu shot. After all, it's a lot more…

Health News HeadlinesThe fight against Ebola continuesU.S. scientists in pursuit of testing Ebola vaccines are having difficulties gathering samples of…

Dr. Leana Wen decided to leave frontline medical care to tend to the city of Baltimore's health needs. Geography and circumstance shouldn't determine someone's health destiny, she says.

Farah Yousry is the managing editor of Side Effects Public Media at WFYI in Indianapolis. She can be reached at fyousry@wfyi.org.

Doulas provide emotional support for a woman through pregnancy and childbirth. A study finds that women with doulas are less likely to have cesarean or preterm births.

Opioid addiction treatment is a growth market, and private equity firms are buying up treatment centers and chains. But it's too soon to say how this might affect access to care and quality.