The family of 71-year-old Elin Etienne believes it was his body found in a closet at the North Dade Nursing & Rehabilitation ...

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Neighbors told Preeti Pal's parents she'd never marry because she was born with cerebral palsy. She just won two bronzes and ...

Drug manufacturers have declared obesity drugs to be "available,” but patients are still struggling to fill prescriptions.

The Peters’s rock agama is reducing the density of Florida’s brown anole lizard population. Mosquitoes love to bite the ...

The school district is self-insured, meaning it foots the bill for the health care costs of employees. As many as 3,500 ...

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Health care options for older adults in small rural towns can be lacking. In Glen Ullin, N.D., some community members are ...

Six years after the fall of Theranos, companies are again exploring innovation in blood testing. The medical community is reacting with cautious optimism.

Not motivated to get to the gym? NPR’s Michaeleen Doucleff explores how functional exercise, such as gardening or taking care of chickens, racks up steps and squats.

High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.

Farmers are often "land rich, cash poor." Those who need nursing home care might have to sell or break up their farm to pay ...