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Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to protect individuals with mental illness from harm at risk of curtailed services and loss of staff.

Experts worry about the impact of cuts to Medicaid and public health on maternal and infant health.

Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they've learned lessons to avoid mistakes this time.

Across the U.S., some people with mental illness wait months in jail for court-ordered competency evaluations, with little to no mental health care. One Indiana man's case reveals how delays prolong suffering — and expose a system unequipped to help.

Sickle cell experts say the future of a critical data collection program is in flux after staff at the CDC's Division of Blood Disorders were placed on administrative leave without a clear future plan.

Medicare pays hospital-owned facilities more for the same service than it pays independent facilities. A proposal with broad support aims to end that practice, which can save money for patients. But rural hospitals say this can push them to cut services or close their doors.

Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and towards synthetic genetically engineered alternatives.

Public health experts believe the availability of life saving drugs may be responsible for the fall in overdose deaths.

Roughly $1.3 billion dollars are expected to be bet on this weekend’s Super Bowl. But some worry that legalized online sports betting has made it too easy –– and potentially too addictive –– to place bets.

Nearly one-fifth of adults in the United States have a mental health condition. But each year, over a third of adults with severe psychiatric disorders are misdiagnosed.