Health

Black celebrities like Naomi Campbell and Eboni K. Williams have embraced single motherhood, but economist Melissa Kearney argues that children raised by two parents fare better in life than those raised by one, highlighting the impact of systemic issues such as mass incarceration and economic inequality.

KFF Health News correspondent Cara Anthony appeared in a two-part special of Nine PBS' "Listen, St. Louis with Carol Daniel" to discuss the connections between a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police shooting in a rural Missouri community, and the health effects of such racial trauma.

A recent Hers study revealed that cities most and least stressed about the upcoming presidential election were Democratic-leaning and Republican-leaning, respectively, with Austin, TX, being the most stressed and Birmingham, AL, being the least stressed.

Black patients are less likely to receive multimodal analgesia, which combines different modes of pain management, after surgery compared to their White peers, according to a new study.

BrucePac, a food processor that supplies major grocery retailers and school lunchrooms, has issued a nationwide recall of roughly 12 million pounds of possibly contaminated, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to a listeria outbreak discovered at a processing plant in Oklahoma.

by Anissa Durham For many Americans, the nation’s health care system is broken — and the gaps in access to care and insurance are impossible to ignore....

Gucci3rdLeg, a popular OnlyFans performer, was accused of exposing dozens of women to genital herpes, but he claimed he was never tested for the virus and that he had only tested positive for HSV-1, a less serious virus that causes oral herpes.

Drug store chains such as CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens are closing stores due to shifting consumer habits, competition, and changes in the pharmacy industry, resulting in a loss of access to health care for many patients.

Children living in extended-stay hotels in the Atlanta area face numerous health threats, including exposure to violence, food insecurity, and housing instability, leading to physical and mental health problems.

The FDA has raised the minimum legal age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21, in an effort to reduce the number of future smokers and prevent tobacco-related diseases and deaths.