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For African Americans, cultural considerations can significantly shape the way survivors and their communities handle rape.

Obamacare's biggest tests are in play in Greater Cincinnati area. I'll spend the next year uncovering the stories that dive deep into the new marketplaces and the Medicaid expansion (or lack thereof) in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

In Texas, a lot of things really are larger than life – especially the drama in politics. I saw it first-hand while reporting last legislative session on the rhetoric around the Affordable Care Act and the rollout of the federal health insurance marketplace. Even seems fitting that HBO has chosen Te

On Mar. 6 representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) held a meeting at the Delry Community Center in Detroit to get input on potential Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP)....

Although treating fevers helps in the fight against malaria, giving ACT without malaria diagnosis can portend disaster, a Kenyan health expert has said, warning that no African country should continue business as usual. Malaria continues to imperil millions of African lives.

New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, has walked a fine line in his decisions about the Affordable Care Act: He accepted Washington’s offer to expand Medicaid, yet declined to set up a state exchange. (And even turned his back on a $7 million grant to help residents learn about their options on hea

Jodi Mahle, who lives on the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, woke up one afternoon in November to find her boyfriend dead beside her. Other homeless watched as she pressed on his chest, she said, frantic to jumpstart his pulse outside a Midtown liquor store....

Among the greatest racial disparities in U.S. public health are those in the incidence of, and mortality from, prostate cancer. And in North Carolina, where African Americans have one of the world's highest mortality rates from that disease, the gulf is particularly wide: African American men have m

You might think that every parent knows enough to make sure their child uses a car seat or is properly belted in whenever they drive somewhere....

Imagine a future where you get a call from your doctor when you stop going to the gym or buy too many candy bars. Some hospitals have already started using predictive analytics to avoid bad health outcomes. But what's at stake for patients?