Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over today's election certification process, which was changed in 2022 to prevent attempts to overturn the results. Even so, those who were severely injured ...

Meanwhile, newly installed Senate Majority Leader John Thune signals the president-elect's Cabinet nominees might not cruise to confirmation when hearings begin. Also, U.S. ethics director David ...

The AP reports the law affects nearly 3 million people, including those receiving pensions after time spent as teachers, firefighters, and police officers. Also in the news: the "crisis" of potential ...

Yet ProPublica reports that the EPA "downplayed the threat the chemical poses to people living near industrial plants." Separately, the post-holiday sick season is in full swing, as CDC data show that ...

Forbes explains how the strategy would work. Meanwhile, Aetna has accused several drugmakers of conspiring to overcharge the company, consumers, and the federal government for generic drugs.

In other news, California homelessness increased by 3% in one year; Minnesota now requires insurance companies to cover wigs for cancer patients; and more.

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony and Emily Kwong, host of NPR’s podcast “Shortwave,” talk about Black families living in the aftermath of lynchings and police killings.

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints ...

Federal health officials over the past year, apparently chastened by accusations of sometimes inflating the risks from covid-19, have too often swung to the opposite extreme, minimizing hazards from ...

Farmers will now have to prove that they did everything possible to prevent outbreaks before they can receive governmental indemnity payments. Also in the news: President Joe Biden nearly doubles ...

Meanwhile, increased rates of cancer in the under 50 crowd may be caused by gut issues; certain foods, including licorice, may help covid patients; Neumora Therapeutics depression treatment fails ...

The Medicare-Medicaid program provides health care services, meals, and social interaction for older adults. Habitat Health also plans to open a facility in Los Angeles in 2026. More news comes from ...