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MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school English teacher.

Years ago, she taught English as a second language overseas and loved it.

“It’s so exciting to me to watch someone learn a new word or have that spark of understanding,” she said.

Zulick knew she could earn enough money as a ...Read more

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, has a simple pitch to voters. Imagine, he says, a health-insurance plan with “no premium, no copay, no deductible — just healthcare when you need it.” El-Sayed and other proponents call the idea Medicare for All.

Free, on-demand care for everyone sure sounds good. ...Read more

Magnesium is a necessary ingredient for more than 300 chemical reactions in the human body. It helps manufacture proteins, regulate blood pressure and control blood sugars. Our nerves and muscles depend on magnesium to function.

Oh, and our bodies also need magnesium to produce energy, to develop strong bones and keep our hearts beating ...Read more

Over five days in August, Pennsylvania health officials called the Lancaster County coroner’s office at least three times and sent an email asking to discuss the death of an infant who had tested positive for measles.

They did not connect with coroner Stephen Diamantoni before Gov. Josh Shapiro came to the county to announce at an Aug. 25 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A fifth person has died amid Pennsylvania’s growing measles outbreak, state health officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a news release that an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County tested positive for measles and has died.

Health officials said they would not release any ...Read more

Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription.

As I examined her eyes, she mentioned in passing the prescription medication she’d been using –...Read more

The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally.

The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a topic of national conversation and a political cause.

Late-night ...Read more

Amye Joseph says America’s political polarization has made it an “interesting time” in her Tennessee household. She and her husband, Charlie, have been married 35 years. She’s a Republican. He’s a Democrat.

But their shared disenchantment with profit-driven healthcare has provided a unifying target: pharmacy benefit managers, known as...Read more

About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed by the Trump administration, but most said President Donald Trump’s healthcare policies have not benefited their communities, according to a new poll from The Associated Press in partnership with KFF.

About 8 in 10 rural voters — ...Read more

As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients.

Maternal-fetal medicine specialists ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A fifth person has died amid Pennsylvania's growing measles outbreak, state health officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a news release that an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County tested positive for measles and has died.

Health officials said they would not release any ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A fifth person has died amid Pennsylvania’s growing measles outbreak, state health officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a news release that an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County tested positive for measles and has died.

Health officials said they would not release any ...Read more

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation from 2025 may be greater than anticipated.

Many lawfully present immigrants will be among the first people to ...Read more

Medicare covers the bulk of your health care expenses after you turn 65. But Medicare’s rules can be confusing and mistakes are costly. If you don’t make the right choices to fill in the gaps, you could end up with high premiums and high out-of-pocket costs. Worse, if you miss key deadlines when signing up for Medicare, you could have a ...Read more

Sweet, juicy and nutrient-packed, the fruit group consists of fresh, canned, frozen, dried and juiced. It is recommended we eat five to nine servings of fruit and veggies per day. Fruits provide energy in the form of carbohydrates as well as fiber, and an array of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.

Phytonutrients are substances found in ...Read more