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WINNER, S.D. — Sophie Hofeldt planned to receive prenatal care and give birth at her local hospital, 10 minutes from her house. Instead, she’s driving more than three hours round trip for her appointments.

The hospital, Winner Regional Health, recently joined the increasing number of rural hospitals shuttering their birthing units.

“It�...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She's in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke?

ANSWER: Aphasia is a disorder that affects a person's ability to retrieve language. It’s as if their brain's word cabinet has fallen over and mixed their words ...Read more

Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”

President Donald Trump, in a May 11 post on Truth Social

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President Donald Trump expressed high hopes for an executive order to reduce drug prices.

On May 11, the day before he held a White House event to sign the executive order, Trump posted...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Across Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley, one community health center is extending its services to immigrant patients in their homes after realizing that people were skipping critical medical appointments because they've become too afraid to venture out.

St. John's Community Health, one of the largest ...Read more

In 2020, COVID-19 began spreading rapidly across the U.S., leading to major shutdowns and radically altering the lives of millions. Now, five years later, most Americans think the country could be plagued by a new pandemic, according to recent polling.

In a YouGov survey published in early May, 69% of respondents said it is somewhat or very ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Mildred Manning-Joy waited 45 minutes for her prescription to be filled at the Veteran Affairs Durham Health Care Facility.

She watched as a single worker took orders, filled prescriptions and serviced the window.

“That’s way too much to ask of anyone,” Manning-Joy said.

And as the line behind her continued to grow, ...Read more

Larry Saltzman has blood cancer. He’s also a retired doctor, so he knows getting COVID-19 could be dangerous for him — his underlying illness puts him at high risk of serious complications and death. To avoid getting sick, he stays away from large gatherings, and he’s comforted knowing healthy people who get boosters protect him by ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization.

The states, most of them Democratic-led, provide insurance to some low-income immigrants — often children — regardless of their legal status. Advocates argue the policy is both humane and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Pamela Albright walked into Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia shortly before 1 p.m. on April 29, keeping her appointment for presurgery testing.

At the registration area she was directed to a check-in cubicle, where a worker asked her a series of questions, all of them routine, Albright said, until this one:

“Are you...Read more

I just survived a grueling 24 hours existing on nothing but clear liquids — tea, broth, jello, apple juice and the like. It didn’t kill me but let’s just say the nourishment in these foods didn’t last long. My suffering body was thankful, however, for the small amount of energy derived from the little bit of sugar in some of these foods....Read more

A change of seasons can cause sniffles, coughing and congestion that keep your child home from school or child care. How can you figure out whether they have a nasal allergy or the common cold?

It's not always easy to tell the difference between a cold and allergies, including seasonal allergic rhinitis or "hay fever." But knowing the key ...Read more

DENVER — A group supporting medical aid-in-dying sued Colorado on Thursday, alleging the state’s ban on assisting out-of-state residents in ending their lives violates the U.S. Constitution.

Compassion & Choices filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver on behalf of a Minnesota resident with stage 4 cancer and two Colorado ...Read more