April 15, 2025, 12:55pm Health
An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. Read story
April 15, 2025, 11:17am Health
Officials in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries, becoming the first states to ask the Trump administration to let them remove such items from the program long known as food stamps. Read story
April 15, 2025, 10:54am Health Updated 2 days ago
Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found. Read story
April 15, 2025, 8:19am Health
At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, “Pops. The man. The myth. The legend.” Read story
April 15, 2025, 6:03am Health
Walking is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the world. It costs nothing, can be done almost anywhere and provides numerous health benefits. It decreases the risk and severity of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and dementia and improves mental health, sleep, longevity and healthy… Read story
April 15, 2025, 6:03am Health
A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it. Read story
April 15, 2025, 5:55am Health
People with a complex heart, kidney and metabolic-related condition who got better-quality sleep were less likely to have an advanced stage of the illness than those getting poor sleep, according to a new study. Read story
April 14, 2025, 3:45pm Business Updated 1 day ago
A Vancouver woman’s lawsuit against Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center alleges medical negligence at the hospital led to her husband’s death. Read story