Flocking together – how a birding hobby may boost your mental health and build community
Birding is a good way to practice mindfulness, psychologists report. Jennifer Andrews If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in a…
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Abortion returns to southwest Missouri after more than two decades without local access
The Planned Parenthood clinic in Springfield began offering medication abortion appointments on Monday after the city went more than 20…
Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
The five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation program was created as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to…
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?
FEMA has threatened to withhold funds from states for noncompliance with Trump administration election directives. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The…
Should paper checks be abolished like the penny?
Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030. U.S.…
Crime continues historic decline as homicide rates approach century lows
Police block off a road in downtown Minneapolis after a police pursuit of a man on suspicion of homicide. Last…
Missouri latest state to drop out of lawsuit challenging federal disability rights protections
About 1,200 Missourians with disabilities, their families, care staff and advocates crowded into the Capitol in February to attend Disability…
Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
A lawsuit filed in 2023 by abortion providers in Kansas, Montana and Virginia challenges the FDA’s restrictions on mifepristone as…
‘The Child Is Terrified’: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out
This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles…
Journalists Assess Risks of Tick Bites, Wildfire Smoke, Rising Health Costs
KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public’s…
Measles cases have reached a 35-year high
A nurse vaccinates a child at the Latino Community Development Agency on July 9, 2026, in Oklahoma City. As vaccination…
To Afford Aging in Place, Older Adults Turn to ‘Golden Girls’ Housing
Shirley Jennett, a retired nurse, loves her spacious ranch-style house in Denver, with its big backyard and gazebo. “I want…
Watch: GOP Senator Says Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean Safer Drugs — For a Price
President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on imported generic drugs could raise some prices for patients, a key GOP lawmaker on…
New Trump administration rules on federal science funding could make American research slower, costlier and harder to share
Political appointees may soon oversee scientific research in America. Maria Korneeva/Moment via Getty Images Most Americans don’t read the rules…
Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds, a testament to sophisticated brains and devoted mothers
There Jimothy goes! Kiana Hall As a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy…
Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’
One of the grantees affected by new federal rules was Children’s Aid, a 170-year-old organization in New York City that…