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In a small Nevada town once plagued by childhood cancer, families still search for answers to what caused the cluster of cases. Some suspected environmental causes, but so little is still understood about pollutants and cancer.

National Chicken Council welfare guidelines for the humane treatment of chickens are neither healthy nor humane.

California counties must offer a minimum of very low-cost health services to uninsured, low-income residents who do not qualify for subsidized health insurance and cannot pay for private insurance.

A state Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing Thursday will assess Texas’ efforts to expand access to women’s health services across the state. But abortion rights advocates say an essential issue has been left off the agenda — the impact of strict abortion regulations passed last year.

Encouraging Latinos to enroll into health insurance has been a challenge, and some say the failure, of the Affordable Care Act. Enter the Promotora, a community health expert who relies on pounding the pavement to spread the word, even in front of tough crowds who may not qualify, but who may in tur

The consequences of separating parents from children can include causing or exacerbating mental health problems such as depressive or anxiety disorders.

In Arkansas, an alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion uses federal dollars to purchase private health plans for low-income residents who fall in a coverage gap. But now, as other states consider following suit, the Arkansas law, could end unless it is renewed by lawmakers.

In 2014, fellows Alonso Yáñez and Annabelle Sedano collaborated on a project highlighting shortcomings in detention facilities for undocumented immigrants operated by for-profit companies.