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LOS ANGELES — Mia Angulo, who is pregnant and due in May, is living in a tent with her boyfriend in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights.

Lingering pain from a car crash two months ago, on top of an ...Read more

When someone is sick in this country, they don’t ask for a politician. They ask for a doctor, a nurse, or a therapist — a front line health care worker. They look for someone they trust.

Right now, our country’s ...Read more

About 1 in every 10 children and teens in the U.S. has a food allergy, an abnormal immune response to a specific food. That's roughly two kids per classroom.

Food allergies have risen by 50% since the 1990s. With this in ...Read more

Health care and social assistance professions added 693,000 jobs in 2025. Without those gains, the U.S. economy would have lost roughly 570,000 jobs.

At first glance, these numbers suggest that health care is a growth ...Read more

For decades, Connecticut and federal lawmakers have tried in vain to rein in medical costs as expenses have continued to soar for patients and employers.

In response, a key legislative committee voted on mostly party ...Read more

Around 67% of Americans who are younger than 65 say that they're worried about what their life may be like when they are older -- especially concerning their physical and mental health. Well, according to a new study, that...Read more

DEAR ABBY: A former boyfriend, "Ray," is an alcoholic. He has been through rehab twice, but it didn't do any good. He won't stop. He keeps saying we'll work it out.

I don't understand why Ray can't get it through his head...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column about migraines and strokes. About 40 years ago, I began having occasional visual-interference episodes with zigzags, blurry central vision, and more that lasted for about 30 ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: With Israel so much in the news, it’s been interesting to see places and hear phrases that I’ve read in the Bible that never made much sense. A reporter showed a picture ...Read more

For the past three years,a novel form of bird flu has wiped out millions of animals in the United States, from snow geese to backyard chickens.

But conversations around the outbreak have grown more urgent in recent months...Read more

Over the past year, hospitals have felt the pain of thousands of layoffs — some even pushed into dire financial straits — as they have been stripped of billions of dollars in federal and state funding for health care. ...Read more

Grieving mother Naomi White walked along Kennywood Boulevard in West Mifflin, Pa., on March 15 with dozens of friends and family members who had gathered to call attention to the December traffic death of her 13-year-old ...Read more

In a cozy room at New Directions Mental Health in O’Hara, Pennsylvania, patients show up with warm blankets or soft pillows they bring from home. They dim the lights or use a provided Northern Lights-like projector to ...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Why do I need to sleep for a long time at night? – Sly...Read more

When Raven Kinser walked into a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office two summers ago, she completed a driver’s license application that included the option to register as an organ donor. The form provides a ...Read more

Western Massachusetts, a patchwork of rural communities and low-income cities, is a difficult place to find a primary care doctor if you don’t already have one. Frustrated patients often turn to online forums, asking for...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for decades. My husband, who has always been very overweight, has made many promises to remedy it with no follow-through. He continues to overeat and avoid physical activity, ...Read more

Q: In most situations I'm a pretty confident guy. But the thought of having the "birds and bees" talk with my pre-teen son has me sweating bullets. Help?!

Jim: I think most guys relate. My sons are grown men now, but I ...Read more

In January, when President Donald Trump unveiled his one-page outline to address health care spending, dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” he specifically mentioned the Affordable Care Act’s role in driving up costs....Read more