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Between 45% and 83% of Black men who shave develop pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), the clinical name for razor …
US national surveillance captured race or ethnicity for only 19 percent of the 1,053 leptospirosis cases reported between …
Black adults more often show low total vitamin D on standard blood tests, mostly because more melanin slows …
A urinary tract infection is treatable in days, but the burning, urgency, and pelvic pain mean nothing until …
Black women develop lupus at roughly three times the rate of white women, get sicker younger, and die …
CMS finalized the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027 on May 15, 2026. The rule …
KFF Health News documented children boarding in hospitals long after they were cleared for discharge. The peer-reviewed literature …
One in eight women develops a thyroid problem, and the symptoms get blamed on stress, aging, or depression …
The Supreme Court on May 18, 2026 declined to hear pharmaceutical-industry appeals to the Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare …
Black Americans develop kidney failure at four times the rate of White Americans. Two forces drive most of …
Georgia's marketplace enrollment fell 37 percent from January 2025 to April 2026, dropping from about 1.5 million enrollees …
A 2026 multi-cohort Chest analysis of 175,259 adults with a smoking history found that the American Cancer Society's …
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