Flu activity has surged to high levels in many states, overwhelming some hospitals. Experts discuss what to expect for the 2024-25 flu season and how to stay safe.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists Illinois in the high category for flu cases, and across the Chicago area ...

Lead exposure is particularly concerning among children under 6 years old, since their growing bodies absorb the metal faster ...

Life expectancy in New York City has been falling. A new plan to address it includes basic income, prescribing parks, and ...

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...

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President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning ...

From 2011 to 2022, mental health inequities by age, sex, and racial and ethnic group, were large, fluctuated over time, and matched prior research.

Texas has 120,000 Medicaid applications in queue as of January with families waiting more than 50 days to have their ...