Author: Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY

Experts and those in the field say emergency medical services need more systematic funding models to support rural and poorer urban communities.

The cause of SIDS is unknown, but scientists are exploring a brain receptor that could be involved in a subset of infant SIDS deaths.

Rural people have higher rates of cancer deaths. As their hospitals and health care centers shutter, a team found a way to help rural women get screened.

The National Weather Service reports high temperatures will surge into the 80s and 90s — 20 to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.

In new draft guidance, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says women should get mammograms at an earlier age than had been recommended.

Uterine cancer is long known to affect Black women disparately. Now, data shows this alarming trend is affecting young, Hispanic women.

Thousands have reported ringing in the ears, called tinnitus, after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Experts are exploring whether there’s a link.

Every year, 6,000 people die waiting for a transplant. The U.S. organ transplant system is antiquated – and updating it could save thousands of lives.

Pregnant women are dying at even higher rates thanks to COVID, racial inequities and a flawed health care system.