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President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.

After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.

As daylight diminishes people can feel their mood dimming. Experts say starting light therapy in the fall can help fend off winter depression.

With some help from U.S. doctors, Ukraine’s neurosurgeons are conducting state-of-the-art operations with cutting-edge technology.

Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved to end pregnancies through 10 weeks.

Access to the COVID-19 vaccines remains difficult because of an unusual and unexplained delay by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accepting recommendations from its advisers.

Psychologists say a boundary isn’t about controlling someone else. It’s about setting up rules for your own behavior.

The White House launched TrumpRx this week.

It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.

Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.