A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

A timely report on governance in South Africa’s healthcare sector released last year identified several serious shortcomings.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...

Britain is turning sadness into sickness. More than four in five GPs believe that the ups and downs of normal life are being ...

GST compensation cess is a specific tax established within the framework of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system in India.

County Judge Patrick Deakins said Thursday the criminal justice system in Arkansas and in Washington County fits one ...

An early executive order shows the White House wants to get into the business of defining sex and gender. That could play out ...

In today’s fast-paced world, adequate home security has never been more crucial. As we juggle busy lifestyles, the capability to monitor our living spaces, even when we are miles away, has become a ...

President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office. He has done it with strong language. In one executive order, he ...

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The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is ...