Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan’s year-long civil war. Aid groups are trying to shore up care with mobile clinics but fear the need is too great.
Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up -- and deepen our connections with them.
For most people, power outages are an inconvenience. For those who count on electricity for home medical equipment, they can be a crisis. Here's how to plan ahead for health care needs in a blackout.
Life Skills Autism Academy center in Atlanta supports children with autism aged 5 and younger in developing skills and social behaviors that will empower them to thrive in their daily lives and, eventually, in a school setting.
Most states currently don't have age limits for buying zero-proof beverages that look and taste like beer, wine and liquor. But some researchers argue they could be a gateway into drinking for kids.
Doctors say they can boost the odds donated organs will be usable by restarting blood circulation with a pump after donors are declared dead. Critics say the procedure blurs the definition of death.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of a handful of places in the United States where 3D-printing technology is used to help patients on ventilators. And Georgia Tech is the only location capable of custom-printing it.
The EPA is trying to crack down on lead pipes that bring water into homes. But a looming deadline — and the election — will determine if it follows a Biden plan to replace pipes or a Trump plan.
This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.
Two nonprofits in Georgia, AID Atlanta and Positive Impact Health Centers, each claimed $2.5 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help people living with HIV and AIDS afford housing.
Georgia’s abortion law, the so-called “LIFE Act,” allows for abortions after the detection of what the law describes as “fetal heartbeat.” It’s exceptions like these that were at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest hearing on abortion.
The government is launching an experimental program to ease the burden on caregivers of people with Alzheimer's. The idea is to keep patients healthier without exhausting their families.