Several state leaders, including Pennsylvania, have declared racism "a public health crisis." Many healthcare workers have said this for years and they say it's time those inequalities be addressed.

NEW YORK — The science of fighting disease has never been stronger. We have the means to detect outbreaks immediately, sequence pathogens in the space of days, and develop new vaccines in just months.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration has rescinded more than $1 billion in medical research funding, with one major target being research ...

The message from William M. Rodgers III, vice president and director of the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was stark. “For a growing number of United States ...

A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science has found that rising income inequality is associated with an increase in the number of hours people work. This relationship ...

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We can never let it seem normal, or appropriate, when governments ban teaching topics that are controversial, in literature or science. Most of us old enough remember being appalled at the censorship ...

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