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The genetic tree answers a lot of questions for the patient, as well as for family who must mix their care for the stricken with an understandable concern about where the cancer came from–and who might be next.

During our five-day program, we will tackle topics ranging from the country’s historic health care expansion to health and homelessness.

If climate models that predict steady warming prove accurate, deadly wildfires stand to increase in intensity and frequency across the U.S. More research is needed to understand their impact on our health.

The answers, thus far, from state and federal officials have been unsatisfactory. In part because the radiation threat dates back to the 1940s, the uncertainty around it isn’t entirely the fault of the present day agencies involved.

I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS posted today its package on the Colorado state law and childhood obesity. So far, Rocky Mountain PBS has done a 15-minute program on it and 9News has tapped a segment on the story.

Obesity has been very much in the news this week after the American Medical Association voted to label the condition a disease, a move that could eventually pave the way for expanded insurance coverage of treatments and further raise public awareness of a condition that affects about one in three Am

The two cases involving the University of Kentucky challenge the heart of public records and free speech, and they could help define how courts interpret the still mostly untested federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

Jobs in health reporting and editing available across the country and there's still time to apply for the 2014 MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program.

Much has been written about the overall impacts of climate change. Still, there is a big chunk of the story that’s under-reported: how will it impact our health.

After Hurricane Katrina triggered the collapse of New Orleans’s public health system, shuttering 13 of 16 acute care hospitals, the city has reformed how it cares for residents, making it a model for disaster preparedness.