With Few Dentists and Fluoride Under Siege, Rural America Risks New Surge of Tooth Decay 
Montana Examines Ways To Ease Health Care Workforce Shortages 
‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers 
ADHD May Raise Dementia Risk 
New Brunswick crisis phone line to close, woman says service saved her life 
DNA to AI: How Evolution Shapes Smarter Algorithms
A new AI algorithm inspired by the genome’s ability to compress vast information offers insights into brain function and potential...
When Do Kids Start Creating Original Sentences? AI Pinpoints the Age
Children begin creating novel determiner-noun combinations, like "a dog" or "the house," at around 30 months, reveals a new study...
AI Summaries Simplify Science, Boosting Public Understanding and Trust
AI-generated summaries make scientific studies more accessible and improve public trust in scientists. Using GPT-4, researchers created simplified summaries that...
Federal Watchdog Urges Crackdown on Medicare Advantage Home Visits
Medicare officials are pushing back against a federal watchdog’s call to crack down on home visits by Medicare Advantage health...
Readers Embrace ‘Going It Alone’ Series on Aging and Chastise Makers of Pulse Oximeters
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‘Pushed aside’: Canadian moms call for better miscarriage support
Ontario's healthcare system lacks support for women experiencing mental symptoms following a miscarriage, which one researcher says are often undiagnosed...
TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of...
California Sets 15% Target for Primary Care Spending Over Next Decade
A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their...
Human Cell Atlas Transforms Understanding of Disease
The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium has published over 40 studies revealing groundbreaking insights into human biology through large-scale mapping...