For more than 50 million Americans, finding a dentist is a difficult – in some cases, impossible – proposition. Many rural communities don’t have a dentist. People of color and those with disabilities often lack access, and only about one-third of dentists accept Medicaid.

It’s important to help our kids maintain a healthy weight. Around 80% of children who are obese when they reach adolescence will struggle with their weight for life.

The reason I think we’re seeing such a surge now is because people don’t believe COVID is a risk, and they also don’t understand how getting vaccinations beyond the initial vaccine series from a few years ago would protect them now.

Last week, the tragic news broke that US teenager Sewell Seltzer III took his own life after forming a deep emotional attachment to an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on the Character.AI website.

As his relationship with the companion AI became increasingly intense, the 14-year-old began withdrawing from family and friends, and was getting in trouble at school.

Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped

Although there has been a general fall in the use of benzodiazepines, clonazepam has bucked that trend. The reason for this is unclear, but it could be the drug’s potency. It is not without reason that on the street it is sometimes referred to as “super Valium”.

More bird flu cases – Whooping cough on the rise – McDonald’s E. Coli outbreak – New pandemic plan – Patient harm from hospital misdiagnosis

The decision is complicated. Medicare has an enormous variety of coverage options, with large and varying implications for people’s health and finances, both as beneficiaries and taxpayers. And the decision is consequential – some choices lock beneficiaries out of traditional Medicare.

Experts worry older patients could be exposed to ‘catastrophic’ costs and interrupted access to care.

They’d been in contact with infected poultry in Franklin County. The test results aren’t final.

Eight states — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin — have reported human cases of the virus this year, for a total of 16 cases. Other states have seen cases in animals only. In Maine this year, triple E was found in two emus and one wild bird.

Faccine uptake was lowest among Black Americans, individuals with incomes below $30,000 and those with a high school education or less. Female, Black and Hispanic respondents were less likely to get vaccinated early. At the same time, individuals aged 45-65, those with postgraduate degrees, and Independents and Democrats were more likely to be early adopters

Harris calls for Medicare to cover in-home senior care – Texas abortion ban straining OB/GYNs – Medicare pilot aims at $2 generic drugs – COVID linked to increased risk of heart attacks, stroke and death three years after infection

Asian Health Services is trying to address a shortage of mental health professionals by training community-based health workers to provide counseling under the supervision of a licensed therapist.