Public Health

Stories about patient autonomy, and what happens when self-advocacy overrides the opinions of doctors.

Young adults from Tanzania with albinism who’ve survived attacks from “black magic” believers visit the U.S. through Global Medical Relief Fund.

Cases are more common in the winter as people spend more time indoors and in settings like schools, long-term care facilities and daycares.

Senators on Thursday rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts.

New regulations on mobile units that provide medical care, food, water and harm reduction supplies in District 7 include limits on where and when they can operate.

Here’s how to safely capture an injured animal and where to take it for help.

Last week, Lower Merion Township passed a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Many are happy to wave goodbye to noisy and pollutive equipment. Others have reservations.

The Sackler family must contribute up to $7 billion over 15 years. Most of the money is to go to government entities to fight the opioid crisis.

The mission of the campaign is to spread educational messaging and conversation points about heart health and what additional factors lead to risk conditions.

The new agreement replaces one the U.S. Supreme Court rejected last year, finding it would have improperly protected members of the family against future lawsuits.

About 42 million lower-income Americans receive SNAP benefits, on average about $190 monthly per person.

The legislation would require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for disruptive symptoms of menstruation and menopause.

The warning is precautionary; the health department said it believes there is no threat to the public.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only one of the nine justices to say she would have revived the lower court orders immediately.

Health officials are investigating 13 cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and eight other states. ByHeart Inc. agreed to recall two lots of its Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.