New research suggests schools that consistently offer health classes may help lower teen vaping, marijuana use and drinking.

A top legislator's bill aims to require hospitals to disclose the immigration status of Social Security recipients.

The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District is encouraging parents and guardians to complete back-to-school immunizations ...

A key House committee has rolled out plans to delegate some of the Department of Education's remaining tasks to other federal ...

Thomas Jefferson University has announced plans to establish a four-year regional campus of Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) in Allentown, Pennsylvania, further expanding access to medical ...

States are preparing for a future with slower revenue growth and rising demand for health, transportation and other public ...

Rutgers researchers suggest that a cardiovascular health assessment in prenatal care could help identify women who may need ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources applied to the U.S. EPA to create a state-run coal ash permitting program.

Critics of a controversial plan that would allow the state to close struggling schools or hand them to charter operators ...

The military tracks the health of those guarding its weapons. The Senate asks the public to trust what it cannot see.

Lorain County Job and Family Services workers say they will not accept poverty wages, unaffordable health care and chronic ...

The county has reserve funds that others don’t, but leaders must soon decide whether slowed growth is an anomaly or the new ...