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(By Virginia Anderson for Kaiser Health News) ATLANTA — It was a call that public health officials were dreading, but

Study: Elderly’s Family Caregivers Need Help Too

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Elderly Americans’ well-being is at risk unless the U.S. does much more to

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) How much credit should we give Brent Saunders for trying to put a lid1 on

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Amid the ongoing debate over the wisdom of pharmaceutical advertising, a new analysis suggests that

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Johnson & Johnson will soon start testing a vaccine the world badly needs — one

(By Sam Wehbe for STAT) The growing use of electronic medical records, electronic insurance claims, and other medical software systems

(By Megan Hart for KHI News Service) Michael Fellman says a chance passerby — or, perhaps, divine intervention — kept

(By Martha Bebinger for NPR) Five states are voting this fall on whether marijuana should be legal, like alcohol, for

(By Lauren Silverman for NPR) Kratom is made from the leaves of a small tree native to Southeast Asia that

In 2014, Congress passed the Choice Act, among the provisions was one requiring the VA and HHS (Department of Health