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Residents of Kalamazoo, Mich., welcomed a new grocery store Jan. 7, built into the downtown campus of Bronson Methodist Hospital, MLive reports.

Lark Health, a chronic disease prevention and management company, unveiled plans to integrate genetic information from 23andMe into its nationally recognized diabetes prevention program.

With immigration policies dominating national and local news, the AMA Journal of Ethics devoted its January issue to health care for undocumented immigrants.

A 25-year decline led to a 27 percent decrease in the U.S. cancer death rate — translating to about 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths between 1991 and 2016, a study published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians found.

Stringent privacy protections in the European Union have impeded Facebook's ability to use its controversial suicide-screening tool in the region, according to Business Insider. The algorithm is already in use in the U.S., where it has faced criticism.

Researchers affiliated with the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub are testing a brain implant that, according to a recent study, can disrupt physical movements in primates, according to Business Insider.

While exercising and losing weight represent one of the most popular New Year's resolutions each year, as many as 92 percent of Americans fail to maintain their resolution throughout the whole year.

Authorities are investigating a hazardous materials incident at Olympia, Wash.-based Providence St. Peter Hospital Jan. 2 that prompted the hospital to divert patients from the emergency room, according to The Olympian.

Nationally, black patients are 48 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white patients, according to a recent study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention in October and cited by the Chicago Tribune.

In an op-ed for Health Affairs, political economist and independent consultant Karl Polzer discusses the need for federally mandated paid sick leave for U.S. employees, claiming that refusing to allow them time off may pose a health risk, among other…