The announcement is another setback for Food and Drug Administration officials, who drafted the ban and predicted it would prevent hundreds of thousands of smoking-related deaths over 40 years.

The prospect of a second Trump administration has sparked renewed GOP interest in Medicaid expansion.

Last year, Oregon became the second state after California to pass hospital-wide nurse ratios that limit the number of patients in a nurse’s care. Michigan, Maine, and Pennsylvania are now weighing similar legislation.

The idea that county sheriffs should offer medical and mental health treatment to people in their jails is part of a broader shift in thinking.

Weight-loss videos comprise a huge category on TikTok, with influencers extensively detailing and demonstrating how they slimmed down.

The updates will appear on the next census in 2030, but by next year, federal agencies must submit detailed plans on how they will incorporate the new requirements.

Since Kentucky Republicans’ hard-fought efforts to ban abortion became law — a measure with no exceptions — the conversation over reproductive health care has only become more divisive.

Planned Parenthood clinics are expanding hours and adding appointments as they prepare to stop offering any abortions past six weeks.

The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the US over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts.

Experts say pasteurized milk is safe, and the virus does not yet pose a threat to humans.

“Tennessee lawmakers are on the verge of enacting more than twice as many anti-LGBTQ+ laws as any other state, a staggering assault on their own constituents,” Human Rights Campaign Senior Director of Legal Policy Cathryn Oakley said in a statement.

Dentists have attempted to heal TMJ patients for close to a century, and yet the disorders remain misunderstood, under-researched, and ineffectively treated.

Chronic Care Management is a federal program that, since 2015, has rewarded doctors for doing more to manage patient health outside office visits.