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Cervical cancer, which is largely preventable, and if caught early, highly treatable, has an outsized impact on Black women's mortality, a January study finds.

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The state's Employment Development Department says it suspects 98% of the 27,000 medical providers associated with disability claims are fraudulent.

Peter Courtney has been a fixture in Salem for decades. He's getting ready to preside over the last legislative session of his long political career.

Boating deaths were down last year, compared to 2020. But they were still high compared to long-term rates.

In a new survey, both liberals and conservatives agreed violent protests are sometimes justifiable. Republicans were twice as likely as Democrats to say violence is justified "right now."

Hong Kong's hamster cull has people wondering if they can catch SARS-CoV-2 from a pet. And here's a human dilemma: Is it risky to visit an immunocompromised individual who recently had COVID?

Microglia are amoeba-like cells that scour the brain for injuries and invaders. But sometimes the usually helpful cells go into overdrive and damage the brain, researchers say.

Record snow in parts of the Northeast left thousands without power.

Josef Stalin caused a famine when he tried to remake Ukraine's farms. Vladimir Putin is threatening to invade Ukraine — again. For a century, Ukraine has been trying to escape Moscow's grip.