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Neighborhoods “redlined” by mortgage lenders nearly a century ago due to higher populations of racial and ethnic minorities saw more deaths from COVID-19 than White-majority areas, a study presented Tuesday found....Read More

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new at-home test for respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 and influenza that can be used without a prescription....Read More

New, extremely accurate magnetic resonance imaging scanners may be able to identify people with Parkinson’s disease and similar conditions most likely to benefit from new treatments, researchers said Monday....Read More

Eliminating air pollution from energy production in the United States could prevent more than 50,000 early deaths each year, a study published Monday found....Read More

Hispanic adults in the United States who visit hospital emergency rooms with chest pain wait longer to receive treatment than those of other racial and ethnic groups, a study presented Friday found....Read More

The risk for inflammatory bowel disease among adults age 60 and older rises with the number of antibiotics they are prescribed, a study presented Friday found....Read More

Nearly 90% of women in the United States say they live too far from the nearest abortion to clinic to access the procedure and other women’s healthcare services, according to the results of a survey found....Read More

About 10% of the rise of bad cholesterol women experience during menopause is caused by shifts in sex hormones, meaning hormone replacement therapy could help, a study published Thursday found....Read More

About one in six people in the United States is bedridden for at least one day during a typical flu season, an analysis published Thursday found....Read More

Severe inflammation seen in some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 increases their risk for dying from complications related to the virus within one year, a study published Thursday found....Read More