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As the number of people who inject drugs and share needles has soared, the rate of infection with hep C has climbed, too. Yet many drug treatment patients aren't tested for the liver-damaging virus.

The Biden administration announced a website and text line to help people find COVID-19 vaccines near where they live. It's a new and improved version of VaccineFinder, which launched in February.

The United States has often been hostile toward Black gun ownership, but African Americans are the fastest growing demographic of armed weapons buyers in the country.

Limiting when you eat to a six- or eight-hour window can help reduce caloric intake, a new study finds. While the weight loss isn't dramatic, it may be easier to stick to than counting calories.

People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that has shaped the country's disaster response ever since.

The federal government has sharply cut funding to groups that help people enroll in health plans. But the groups say federal officials don't understand how much help and follow-up some people need.

And as summer nears, the question must be asked: Is it risky from a COVID-19 standpoint to go in a swimming pool?

It allows authorities to take guns from people found to pose a “significant danger” to themselves or others. Critics say it gives the government too much power and doesn’t do enough to safeguard due-process rights.

Studies have long shown that Western parents speak a singsongy high-pitched language to babies. Now researchers have gone to the Amazon, to the Hadza people and more to see if it's a global thing.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, local jails and prisons released thousands of inmates early. Experts say the recent increase reflects a return to business as usual for the nation's carceral system.