Dental experts warn that the simultaneous erosion of Medicaid and fluoridation could exacerbate a crisis of rural oral health and reverse decades of progress against tooth decay, particularly for children and those who rarely see a dentist.

As more patients and doctors voice their frustrations, states are responding with legislation designed to regulate prior authorization and claims reviews.

Bird flu has been causing a flurry of human infections, especially in U.S. cattle workers. If the virus learns to spread effectively from human to human, it could change the course of history. Even though our weary world already feels maxed out, we have to make room to avert yet another crisis.

Dr. Lisa Patel, executive director of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, called the new guidance “catastrophic” and said it would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.

Working-age adults who live in small towns and rural areas are more likely to be covered by Medicaid than their counterparts in cities, creating a dilemma for Republicans looking to make deep cuts to the health care program.

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles.

More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas.

The “Mandate for Leadership” is a 922-page playbook compiled by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group in Washington. It says “the NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken” and calls for capping payments to universities and their hospitals to “help reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas.”

t’s extremely easy to get sunburned while you’re skiing and snowboarding in the mountains, but have you ever wondered why?

We found the proportion of people using ChatGPT for health was higher for people who had low health literacy, were born in a non-English speaking country, or spoke another language at home.

A key reason is worse rates among rural people for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease. These conditions are condemning millions to disability and shortened lives.

Under the “Make America Healthy Agains” banner, state lawmakers are working to regulate candy and soda purchases under social welfare programs, remove fluoride from public water systems, roll back state vaccination requirements, and remove ultra-processed food from schools.

Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and a GOP-controlled Congress set on reducing spending on the public health insurance program for low-income people.

Archimedes was so happy with his discovery that he jumped straight out of the bath and ran naked and dripping down the street shouting “Eureka!” (“I have found it!”) – the original eureka moment.