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Studies show women and doctors collect samples with similar accuracy.

Public health advocates say the money should be used in ways proven to save lives, prevent drug use and focus on racial equity and that the decisions should be transparent. But many communities are following regular government spending practices ...

This week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has unleashed a wave of public feeling -- exasperation, anger, resentment, helplessness -- from Americans sharing personal stories of interactions with insurance companies, often seen ...

Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed less than a month before the election that focused on advertising intended to convince voters that Donald Trump 's stance on abortion was akin to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ...

Investigators now believe the suspect may have traveled to New York last month on a bus that originated in Atlanta, a law enforcement official said.

A twice-yearly shot has shown to be 100 percent effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and published results show it worked nearly as well in men. Now, the drugmaker Gilead has said it will allow cheap, generic versions to be ...

Cesarean sections to deliver babies are among the most common surgical procedures in U.S. hospitals. A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Black women are almost 25 percent more likely than white women to have ...

With winter setting in around much of the country, many people are also gearing up for cough and cold season. But the Food and Drug Administration now says that phenylephrine, a long-used ingredient in many over-the-counter medicines, is ineffective ...

On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, tapping an opponent of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates to lead the nation's top medical research agency. He is the latest in a string of Trump . ...

Pasteurized milk remains safe to drink, the department said.