Health

Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely

By now, Ora Larson recognizes what’s happening. “It feels like you’re shaking inside,” she said. “I’m speeded up. I’m anxious.”

Republican leaders in Congress have directed the committee that oversees Medicaid to cut $880 billion from the next budget. They

We asked 19 photographers to revisit their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became

More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys

Flo Fox, an indomitable photographer who was born blind in one eye and later lost her vision in the other

The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those regarded as

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact

Melody Beattie, whose experiences as a drug addict, a chemical dependency counselor and the wife of an alcoholic informed a

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other

As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid, most voters do not want to see the public health plan’s funding