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As Vermont's health commissioner, he helped create a model for providing food and dental care. Later, he directed the first national vaccine program.

Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn't work at all.

More than 11,000 cases of the illness had been linked to lettuce from Taylor Farms that was processed in Mexico. An investigation into how the parasite spread is continuing.

The cases were reported in four states, and led to two hospitalizations. No deaths have been reported.

The White House plans to send the money to people in 30 states who have higher incomes and are insured under the Affordable Care Act.

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

The first-of-its-kind drug offers a reprieve for people who live with the debilitating sleep disorder.

The two researchers have won a prestigious Lasker Award. Their findings laid the groundwork for a new drug that addresses the sleep disorder's root cause.

A first-of-its-kind drug for the sleep disorder offers a new treatment for people who live with the debilitating fog of sleepiness.

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.