An increasing number of Americans struggle with energy poverty, the inability to adequately heat or cool one’s dwelling. Health officials and climate experts are sounding the alarm as record-breaking heat sweeps the nation.

As states wait for Deloitte to make fixes in computer systems, Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food.

Although public health officials recommend the newly approved covid vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.

For years, federal lawmakers have failed to deliver the money needed to fix derelict public housing, leaving tenants — mostly people of color and families with low incomes — living with mold and gun violence that has had lasting health consequences.

Political drama involving a rural Georgia county reflects how state regulations that govern when and where hospitals can be built or expanded are evolving.