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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week at a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It linked 25 unverified reports of child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines as they consider further ...Read more

John Hauser was a Chicagoland student working toward becoming a commercial pilot. He’d long wanted to be a pilot and was pursuing that dream. But Hauser had been experiencing depression and was discouraged from seeking ...Read more

Every year, almost 610,000 Americans have a first-time stroke and, for around 87% of them, it's an ischemic stroke, in which a blood clot or plaque in the arteries blocks blood flow to the brain. And surprisingly, about a ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I met "Donny" 18 months ago. For a while, we were both happy. Then suddenly, every Friday, Donny would make some excuse, smoke a cigarette and go to the bar across the street. Afterward, he would show up here ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a soon-to-be 85-year-old healthy woman. I take a statin and baby aspirin (I assume because of my age) and have my gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under control. I have scheduled gallbladder ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m a sleepless soul. The only time to think is when I go to bed – not to sleep, but to think. The problem then is that I start to worry. Surely there is some way to get ...Read more

Illinois health leaders should part ways with the federal government when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and recommend the shots for all adults and many children, an influential state committee voted Monday.

The Illinois ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s top doctor issued a standing order Monday allowing pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines without prescriptions to a broader group of patients than federally recommended.

The state Department ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The budget stalemate that threatens a potential federal government shutdown next week is also a battle over whether to continue helping consumers pay for their health care — help that about 1.8 million ...Read more

Does your child's school have a new phone policy starting this year? Some schools now ask students to keep phones away "bell-to-bell," from the start of classes through dismissal. Others use locking bags like the Yondr ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Fields of plastic, or fake turf, are spreading across the Golden State from San Diego to Del Norte counties.

Some municipalities and school districts embrace them, saying they are good for the environment ...Read more

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t need to be ...Read more

In 1965, when Len Barry sang "One, two, three/Oh, that's all elementary," he had no idea that he had created the perfect slogan for an anti-diabetes campaign. Fast forward 60 years and the PREDIMED-Plus study is singing ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I lost my husband two months ago after a long, debilitating illness. I loved him very much, and the loss was very difficult, although not unexpected.

After his funeral, an old friend called me offering ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with stage 4 high-grade ovarian cancer in September 2024. I underwent a major surgery after the tumor shrank in March. I see a top doctor at a renowned hospital, and I trust him. I went ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I reach for my iPhone first thing in the morning and check the headlines to see what catastrophe happened overnight. Lately, it isn’t just one catastrophe, but many. When I ...Read more

Just before 8 a.m. on Jan. 31, an explosion rocked a nondescript one-story office building in an affluent suburb of Detroit.

The building was home to The Oxford Center, a health clinic that provided hyperbaric oxygen ...Read more

Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider plans with less generous benefits and high...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Lying on top of an operating room table with his chest exposed, Larry Black Jr. was moments away from having his organs harvested when a doctor ran breathlessly into the room.

“Get him off the table,” ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Andy," and I have been together 25 years, married for 16. We have three kids ages 14, 11 and 9. Our marriage has always been a happy one. Andy began a government job five years ago, and after two ...Read more