National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a program of the National Institutes of Health, awarded five institutions a five-year $2.5 million grant to research how stress during pregnancy influences childhood obesity, Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University announced Nov. 15.
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One in 10 adults in the U.S. eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to research published in the CDC's most recent "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."
Directors of two arms of the National Institutes of Health that fund firearm research said they have no intentions to reboot a discontinued gun violence research initiative launched under President Barack Obama in 2012 in the wake of the killings…
Tennessee legislators said the poor health of their state's residents cost the state $5.3 billion annually, according to the Times Free Press.
Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., is doubling the size of its emergency department in response to increased patient volume, according to The News Leader.
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NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Fla., is pursuing 24/7 operation status for its proposed 40,000-square-foot healthcare facility in Estero, Fla., according to a Naples Daily News report.
Arroyo Grande (Calif.) Community Hospital and Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif., are two of the latest to invest in emergency room expansions, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health notified about 54,000 patients it may end its contract with Amerigroup of Iowa, one of two insurers managing Medicaid coverage in the state.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina resumed talks more than a month after their contract expired, a BCBS spokesperson told 13 WLOS.