Rural pharmacies fill a health care gap in the US. Owners say it’s getting harder to stay open
Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town of about 1,300 people...
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Need a pharmacy? Finding access depends on the states and neighborhoods you live in
Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year period....
Young gay Latinos are seeing a rising share of new HIV cases, a KFF Health News/AP analysis finds
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold....
Europe offers clues for solving America’s maternal mortality crisis
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Midwife Jennie Joseph touched Husna Mixon’s pregnant belly, turned to the 7-year-old boy in the room with them and asked: “Want...
America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — At the site of a race massacre that reduced neighborhoods to ashes a century ago, where murals memorialize a once-thriving “...
Families share their stories of damage done by vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and rubella
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of...
Believers say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to measure the claims
Microdosing is gaining popularity with a new breed of health seekers. These self-experimenters take a very small amount of psilocybin mushrooms or LSD to try...
Is pollen bad in my area? How to check, plus tips for seasonal allergy relief
ATLANTA (AP) — Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans when trees, grass, and other pollens cause runny noses, itchy eyes,...
Trump administration hands over nation’s Medicaid enrollee data to ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home...
Wisconsin software company pauses plan to have 9,000 workers return to the office after pushback
A large Wisconsin medical records software company had told its thousands of workers they would have to return to the office beginning this week, over...