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A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their spending to primary care by 2034, part of the state’s effort to expand the primary care workforce and give more people…

GLENWOOD, Iowa — Hundreds of people who were separated from society because they had disabilities are buried in a nondescript field at the former state institution here. Disability rights advocates hope Iowa will honor them…

Ugandan Opposition Leader Charged After Being ‘Kidnapped’ in Kenya The New York TimesKizza Besigye 'kidnapping': Ugandan opposition taken to military court after alleged Kenya expulsion BBC.comUgandan opposition politician kidnapped in…

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy, who was tapped last week by Trump to lead the Department of Health and…

In March, newly installed Social Security chief Martin O’Malley criticized agency “injustices” that “shock our shared sense of equity and good conscience as Americans.” He promised to overhaul the Social Security…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLkeaticjYU Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is coming into the nomination process in an unusual position, with a…

Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam Video by Hannah Norman The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the…

In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office when she was asked to pay $960, the total the office estimated she would owe after she delivered.…

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his…