Evacuated During Labor: Mom Leaves Smoke-Filled Hospital As Baby Is On His Way
With contractions four and five minutes apart, Nicole Veum started to see and smell smoke at a Santa Rosa, Calif., hospital.
Health & Safety
Could Making Cancer Screening Simpler Increase Women's Risk?
An influential task force says that either a Pap test or an HPV test is enough to screen for cervical cancer. But key medical groups say that strategy could miss cancers, especially in minority women.
Why A Long-Term-Disability Policy Is More Important Than Pet Insurance
Though not as trendy as pet insurance, a long-term-disability policy is pretty cheap and can save your bacon if you have an accident, get cancer or otherwise can't work for a few months or years.
It Was A Year Of Pain ... And Promise ... For The World's Girls
A sampling of our stories about the world's girls: A 15-year-old died in a menstrual shed. A former child bride went back to school. Afghan women say no to a restrictive school uniform.
'Genius Grant' Winner Used A Soap Opera To Prove A Point About Prejudice
Betsy Levy Paluck is a newly minted MacArthur fellow. Her research in Rwanda looked at how people become more tolerant.
California Governor Signs Law To Make Drug Pricing More Transparent
This is the first step in a long game to develop clearer prescription drug pricing laws around the country, health policy experts say.
Trump Says He'll Sign Order To Expand Health Insurance Options
Conservatives have long advocated for using association health plans to boost competition. But the result could be that healthy people pay less and sicker people are priced out of coverage.
We Asked, You Answered: Which Global Problem Keeps You Up At Night?
We received 151 responses — most of them drawn from the headlines.
Why Periods Are Political: The Fight For Menstrual Equity
On any given day, more than 800 million girls and women around the world are menstruating. And for many of them, in the U.S. and elsewhere, it's a problem — sometimes with life-or-death consequences.
Michael Jordan Donates $7 Million To Build Medical Clinics
Hornets owner Michael Jordan is donating $7 million to launch medical clinics that he hopes will help at-risk communities in Charlotte.