Barbara Rodriguez for The 19th

Government

What happens to health research when 'women' is a banned word?

People gather on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus holding signs to protest the potential loss of federal funding for medical research.

Health

What parents need to know about the measles vaccine

One year-old River Jacobs is held by his mother while he receives an MMR vaccine at a vaccine clinic in Lubbock, Texas.

Politics

For families with sick kids, the rise of vaccine hesitancy could be life-threatening

A medical staff member administers a dose of the measles vaccine to a child at a health center in Lubbock, Texas.

Politics

As Medicaid funding receives scrutiny, here's how it provides care for 72 million

A woman and her three children are staying at a charity that offers housing for expectant mothers in Fredericksburg, Virginia.