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Genetic Tests Create Treatment Opportunities and Confusion for Breast…
The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have…
Clearing Pollution Helps Clear the Fog of Aging — And May Cut the Risk of…
During the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that air pollution harms older adults’ brains, contributing…
Texas, Battling Teen Pregnancy, Recasts Sex Education Standards
DALLAS — J.R. Chester got pregnant the summer before her senior year of high school. A bright student with good grades,…
Centene to Pay $166 Million to Texas in Medicaid Drug Pricing Settlement
Andy Miller and Samantha Young
Health insurance giant Centene Corp. has agreed to pay $165.6 million to Texas to resolve claims…
Many Refugees Dealing with Trauma Face Obstacles to Mental Health Care
Erica Zurek and Alander Rocha
As a young boy living in what was then Zaire, Bertine Bahige remembers watching refugees flee…
Doctors Rush to Use Supreme Court Ruling to Escape Opioid Charges
Dr. Nelson Onaro conceded last summer that he’d written illegal prescriptions, although he said he was thinking only of…
Journalists Look Into Wildfire Trauma and the South’s Monkeypox Response
KHN reporter and producer Heidi de Marco discussed the impact of wildfire trauma on children in Northern California on CapRadio’s…
New Abortion Laws Jeopardize Cancer Treatment for Pregnant Patients
As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the South, cancer physicians are wrestling with how new…
A Disability Program Promised to Lift People From Poverty. Instead, It Left…
Fred Clasen-Kelly
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After two months of sleeping in the Salvation Army Center of Hope homeless shelter,…
With Polio’s Return, Here’s What Back-to-Schoolers Need to Know
Before polio vaccines became available in the 1950s, people wary of the disabling disease were afraid to allow their…