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A more nuanced approach has emerged: acknowledging that racial health disparities often reflect the effects of generations of systemic racism, such as lack of access to stable housing or nutritious food.

Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat covid-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.

Eye exams for children are required under federal law to be covered by most private health plans and Medicaid, and many states mandate school vision screenings. But a federal survey finds that a quarter of children and teens are still not getting the recommended tests.

Hospitals call for more options as blood suppliers move to an expensive treatment method.

California lawmakers are considering changing nursing home licensing rules after more than 152,000 residents died of COVID-19 nationwide during the pandemic. The ambitious effort could cause other states to replicate California's measures to improve nursing home care.

In California, where overdose deaths are on the rise, physicians say administering anti-addiction medication as a monthly injection holds tremendous potential. So, why aren't more patients getting it?

How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?

Brenna Kaminski and her husband Joshua Pritt thought it would cost them $2,700. They ended up getting charged for thousands more.

Even the savviest Medicare drug plan shoppers can get a shock when they fill prescriptions: That great deal on medications in fall is no bargain after prices go up as much as 8% by winter.

The research is clear that air exchange and filtration curb the spread of COVID and other diseases, but upgrading systems is expensive, and there is little federal authority over indoor air quality.