Health & Wellness

A decade after a landmark report on Americans' shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations, U.S. life expectancy has not bounced back from the pandemic.

Kim Pratt needed a kidney, and in 2108 she created a Facebook post looking for a potential donor. After seeing the post for the second time, CJ Johnston decided to donate a kidney to Kim.

Finland has held the title of world's happiest country for six years running. It wants to teach people how to unlock their "inner Finn" during a four-day masterclass at a lakeside resort in June.

CHWs can help patients better understand the services available to them

The state will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.

The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital care.

Part of a national trend, medical residents at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia push to form a union to demand better working conditions and higher wages. Child care is an important issue for many.

A total of 295 types of drugs — everything from sedatives to children's flu medicine — were in short supply in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security.

The bill would ban several common ingredients used in processed foods, such as Red Dye No. 3, which has been linked to cancer in animal studies.

A new U.N. water report warns the world is headed toward a global water crisis if human-caused climate change and population growth aren't addressed.