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To keep emergency services afloat in rural areas, communities will have to go beyond volunteer-based programs to get people to distant hospitals, experts say. Meanwhile, some 911 calls go unanswered.

Washington is the first state to introduce a public option for health insurance, but it has been difficult to get hospitals on board. Other states with public options in the works are taking notice.

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

Much of southwest California is under a red flag warning, with winds expected to peak Wednesday. Authorities are urging residents to heed evacuation orders and prepare for power outages.

Several people caught dengue fever locally in Los Angeles this fall. Climate change and invasive mosquitoes have made that possible, experts say.

The project, known as EPIC City, has yet to break ground, but members of this Muslim community feel stereotyped.

The man at the center of a landmark court decision allowing people in Florida to openly carry guns – officially starting Thursday — is watching the consequences of his legal fight from inside a jail cell in Florida's Panhandle.Despite the appeals court's dramatic expansion of gun rights in the Sunshine State, the defendant in the case won't be allowed to possess a gun even once he's released. In an exclusive interview from the Escambia County Jail – convicted months ago in an unrelated, misdemeanor domestic violence case — Stanley Victor McDaniels, 42, called himself a patriot and indicated he has no regrets.

More than half of American counties don't have an obstetrician. Family physicians, working in teams with proper support, could be the answer to the crisis in rural obstetric care.

Despite a diminished federal presence, public health departments are preparing for common ailments that could afflict fans who gather for the event — and are keeping an eye on the Ebola outbreak, too.

A 515-mile pipeline is being placed through northern and central Florida. When it's completed, it will supply natural gas from the North and Midwest to...