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Black babies died suddenly and unexpectedly in their sleep at a rate 14 times higher than white babies in Cook County between 2019 and 2023 — a startling disparity revealed in a report released Wednesday by county and ...Read more

SEATTLE — The organizers of a conservative Christian rally earlier this year in Seattle are suing the city — and Mayor Bruce Harrell individually — over what they say was a violation of their First Amendment right to...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the threat of a shutdown loomed this week, Republican leaders united behind a message: They weren’t going to cut a deal that would let Democrats provide health care to undocumented immigrants.

This ...Read more

Threats of a federal government shutdown have gone from being an October surprise to a recurring theme. This time around, though, the stakes are higher.

Federal funding ran out at midnight on Oct. 1, after Congress failed...Read more

​​An effort to boost the staffing in nursing homes is among the lesser-known casualties of the recently approved budget and spending law, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The new law has several ...Read more

Whether you remember eating them as a kid, give them to your own children, or just buy them as an already prepped dipper for hummus, chances are you have some experience with those stubby-ended, cylinder-shaped baby ...Read more

Screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can detect early-stage prostate cancer while it’s still asymptomatic. But some men are diagnosed with prostate cancer only after symptoms appear. For insights into ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We just celebrated my daughter’s first birthday. Toddlers and screen time have been in the news a lot these days. It can be hard to find a balance, but I want to make sure I’m doing my best as she ...Read more

For a lot of people, the problem with vaccines isn't their therapeutic benefits -- they are one of medicine's greatest achievements -- but rather how vaccines are delivered: by injection.

In animal models, researchers ...Read more

The most important religious revolution of our time isn’t happening in mosques or churches. It’s happening on screens.

For millions of young Muslims around the world, the spiritual life that once flowed through the ...Read more

The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children. This comes despite a failed attempt to do so at the most recent meeting of the ...Read more

As soon as she fell, Deborah Buttgereit knew she couldn’t avoid going to the hospital.

“I could hear the bones moving around in my elbow,” said Buttgereit, who was 60 when she slipped on a patch of ice in December ...Read more

More than 4 million people worldwide have end-stage kidney disease that requires hemodialysis, a treatment in which a machine filters waste from the blood. Hemodialysis is a precursor to kidney transplant. To prepare for ...Read more

QUESTION: I'm a guy in my late 40s and trying to pay more attention to my health. But I'm confused about whether I should be screened for prostate cancer. Can you help?

ANSWER: The importance of all health screenings is ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I've been married for 49 years. Of course, we've had our ups and downs. My husband, "Sid," said he was joking at the store the other day. When I talk, I gesture with my hands. A woman was coming down the aisle ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a generally healthy 73-year-old man. I recently had blood work done and was incidentally noted to have high liver tests (ALT and AST). My doctor ordered a sonogram, which said that my liver was "...Read more

Niacin, aka vitamin B3, is essential for your health, and the only way you can get any is through foods and supplements. Niacin's job is to help convert food into energy and support the nervous system, and it is available ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am a Christian high school counselor responsible for helping guide to their areas of interest so they can make wise decisions regarding further education. How can I ...Read more

CHICAGO — Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie Children’s ...Read more