March 9, 2025, 5:43am Health
Historically, the male body has been the default in scientific studies. Lab rats? Male. Test subjects? Men. This stark gender gap was a key focus at the Empowering Women through BrainHealth conference last week. Read story
March 8, 2025, 6:11am Clark County Health
The local impact of a Republican-led proposal to potentially cut Medicaid remains unclear, as some of Clark County’s largest health care providers are still unsure of the long-term consequences. Read story
March 8, 2025, 6:00am Health
To hear Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tell it, making America healthy again means making American food healthy again. Read story
March 7, 2025, 9:03am Health
Like many anxious parents, Beth Spektor spent the last few weeks fretting over how to protect her infant daughter from the first deadly measles outbreak to hit the U.S. in a decade. Read story
March 6, 2025, 7:43am Health
The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources. Read story
March 6, 2025, 7:43am Health
Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and the local businesses serving them. Read story
March 5, 2025, 5:29pm Clark County Health
Thrive2Survive, a Vancouver-based homeless nonprofit, was recently awarded $10,000 by Molina Healthcare of Washington. The grant is meant to continue Thrive2Survive’s mission to provide resources for Clark County’s homeless residents. Read story
March 5, 2025, 3:47pm Health
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs. Read story