Health

A survey shows that doctors have trouble taking full vacations from their high-stress jobs. Even when they do, they often still do work on their time off. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via …

The children of sex workers rarely see doctors and are often living in brothels. Their deaths frequently go unnoticed and undocumented. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In most countries, children of sex …

The recalled beef products above were produced on April 26 and April 27. U.S. Department of Agriculture hide caption toggle caption U.S. Department of Agriculture The recalled beef products above …

Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they’re pregnant — and state judges won’t finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Darya Komarova/Getty …

The hope was that bringing many other services to people with high needs would stabilize their health problems. While the strategy has succeeded sometimes, it hasn’t saved money. Douglas Sacha/Getty …

For decades, researchers in the U.S. had to use only marijuana grown at a facility located in Oxford, Mississippi. A few other approved growers have been added in recent years. …

Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know …

A number of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the CROWN Act, legislation that would ban discrimination based on one’s hairstyle or hair texture. Here, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Crown Act …

Officially, only one person has caught bird flu during the current outbreak among dairy cattle, but experts are hearing of others getting sick. The U.S. doesn’t have an easy to …

Canada has one of the world’s lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country. (Image credit: Richard …