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Venus Williams returns a shot against Magdalena Frech on day 4 of the Mubadala Citi DC Open. Williams, 45, said she’s been on COBRA health insurance. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images hide …

Obstetricians and psychiatrists are concerned about a recent FDA panel spreading misinformation about the potential harms of using SSRIs during pregnancy and postpartum.

Katie Chubb, a community organizer, stands in an empty lot in Augusta, Ga., where she’s been trying to open a birth center for six years. She says lack of cooperation …

Scientists are driving around in white Chevys, releasing thousands of specially engineered mosquitoes from tubes — part of a pioneering project to reduce the spread of dengue, a terrible disease. (Image credit: Ian Cheibub …

David Nabarro, the World Health Organization Special Envoy for COVID-19 Prevention and Response, was recognized for his work with the title Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and …

Funded by PEPFAR, this clinic in Kitwe, Zambia, provided medicines for patients who are HIV positive. It closed as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts earlier this year. Ben …

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Reports of starvation in Gaza raise the questions: Why the hesitation in labeling it a famine? And who are the authorities with the power to make that call? (Image credit: …

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn’t take away Americans’ vaccines. Many medical experts say his changes are already chipping away at access. Michael …

Treatments and best practices on when to prescribe hormone therapy and what medications to use have evolved in recent years. MStudioImages/E+/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MStudioImages/E+/Getty Images When obstetrician …