More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record — more than by gun homicide, accidental shootings and police shootings combined.

A new report analyzing federal mortality data found that suicides involving firearms made up 58% of all gun deaths in 2023 — the latest year with available data. In total, 27,...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Dallen Michael Greene still remembers the fear he felt when he was diagnosed with HIV in 1999.

“My heart literally sank to my knees and to my ankles,” he said.

That fear is what led the 56-year-old resident of Broward County, Florida, to become a mentor and patient guide for the newly diagnosed. He’s a clinical ...Read more

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year with stage 4 cancer.

Two years later, grueling rounds of chemotherapy have slowed the cancer’s progress, even as it has continued to spread...Read more

“A lot of times, health care comes with a job.”

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), in an interview with KOTA on May 30, 2025

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Millions of people are expected to lose access to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans if federal lawmakers approve the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s domestic ...Read more

As a pediatrician, I’ve counseled countless families about the importance of swim safety. But as a mom, I’ve lived it, from the nervous first splashes to the proud, cannonball “I did it!” moments. Learning to swim isn’t just a childhood milestone — it’s a life-saving skill, a confidence booster, and a path to lifelong health and ...Read more

ROCHESTER, Minn. — You likely are accustomed to encountering a range of menus in daily life, but there is one that may be new to you: a dopamine menu. Dr. Robert Wilfahrt, a family medicine physician at Mayo Clinic and an expert in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, explains.

“A dopamine menu is a rebranding of what ...Read more

Stephanie Ivory counts on Medicaid to get treated for gastrointestinal conditions and a bulging disc that makes standing or sitting for long periods painful. Her disabilities keep her from working, she said.

Ivory, 58, of Columbus, Ohio, believes she would be exempt from a requirement that adult Medicaid recipients work, but she worries about ...Read more

For years after his service in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Joe Hudak fought a daily battle against a voice inside his head screaming anxious, dark and dangerous thoughts.

He lost multiple team members in combat during his two-decade career in the Green Berets and tried everything he could to treat his post-traumatic ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s health department is bracing for several layoffs early next month for workers focused on cancer and heart disease prevention, thanks to the apparent loss of nearly $2 million in federal grant funding and the state’s own bleak fiscal outlook.

The Department of Public Health and Environment initially said 11 positions ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Four new cases of measles have been reported in Kentucky this week, including three in one household in Woodford County.

The fourth case is in Todd County and is not related to the other three cases, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said Friday. That person was exposed to someone with measles while traveling ...Read more

As many as 3.4 million Californians could lose their state Medi-Cal health insurance under the budget bill making its way through the U.S. Senate, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.

Newsom said the proposed cuts to health care in the “ one big, beautiful bill,” a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, could force the ...Read more

California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date to January 2026, leaving patients, insurers, and employers in limbo.

The law, SB 729, requires state-...Read more

As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked to replace experts he’d fired earlier met inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters to plan a more skeptical vaccine future.

The new members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization ...Read more

Rob Kennedy mingled with about a dozen other people in a community space in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.

The room, decorated with an under-the-sea theme, had a balloon arch decked out with streamers meant to look like jellyfish and a cloud of clear balloons mimicking ocean bubbles.

Kennedy comes to this memory cafe twice a month since being ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My back's been bothering me, and everyone seems to have ideas what's causing the pain. Can you help?

ANSWER: Back pain is more common than homeownership in the U.S. While about 65% of adults own a home, nearly 80% of adults will have back pain at some point. Despite how common this type of pain is, myths about it persist. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the nation is suffering its largest outbreak of the super-infectious disease in decades.

The extent of the national outbreak has rocketed measles from a back-of-mind issue — one rarely, if ever, encountered ...Read more

The U.K. is asking patients whose pancreas became dangerously inflamed after taking obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound to come in for tests to understand whether there’s a genetic risk for the condition.

The country’s drug regulator, alongside Genomics England, is investigating whether a person’s genetics might make them more ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — A man with a history of allegedly making threats directed at Bristol Hospital was arrested and accused of threatening its CEO.

Richard Stark, 58, faces charges of second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace, according to Lt. Ulric Berube of the Bristol Police Department.

Berube said employees of the hospital...Read more

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children’s cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems.

And, in extreme cases, cause death.

Medtech Products’ recall notice, posted to the FDA website, said it recalled five lots of Little Remedies Honey Cough ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Stanford Medicine has stopped performing gender-affirming surgeries on patients younger than 19, joining Children's Hospital Los Angeles in scaling back healthcare for transgender youth amid growing political pressure from the Trump administration.

"After careful review of the latest actions and directives from the federal ...Read more