Health

While the decision by the federal judge in Texas was sweeping, it has little immediate practical impact because the ACA remains in place while the legal battle continues, possibly to the Supreme Court.

President Trump praised the ruling by a court in Texas as supporters of the ACA said they will appeal.

The pace of enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans is slower than in past years. That could mean fewer people will have health coverage — or that more people are getting insurance via their work.

Some boxes of U by Kotex Sleek Tampons, regular absorbency, have a "quality-related defect" that left pieces of the tampon inside the bodies of some consumers -- in some cases causing infection.

The U.S. surgeon general has called on "bystanders" to be equipped with the opioid reversal drug to save lives. But when a nurse answered that call, her application for life insurance was denied. Why?

When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.

Neuroscientist Matthew Walker believes that lack of sleep is the greatest public health challenge we face in the 21st century. He says the lack of sleep is making us sick, making us fat and making us dumb.

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with MPR News reporter Mark Zdechlik and Mary Agnes Caret , senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, about the different enrollment options for people who lost their Medicare Cost plans.

For children with autism or other sensory sensitivities, the long lines and loud noises of a typical visit to see Santa at the mall can be overwhelming. This Saturday, the U is hosting an event that will make the Santa visit much more tolerable.

Dr. John Hallberg said medical professionals must work on practicing good "antibiotic stewardship."

Conditions are now considered unhealthy for sensitive groups in those areas until a weather front moves through Thursday evening, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says.

Kids are gross. How do you keep your kid's germs from infecting others?

Dr. John Noseworthy retires from the top post at Mayo Clinic this month after setting some major changes in motion.

To protect a developing fetus from experimental drugs or treatments that might cause birth defects, pregnant women aren't included in many clinical trials. But that limits the safety evidence, too.

Why develop an exercise habit now? Because 75-year-olds who've been doing it for decades may have the cardiovascular systems of people in their 40s and the muscles of 20-somethings, researchers found.

The case means women can continue to use Medicaid money to pay for nonabortion, pregnancy-related health care services at Planned Parenthood. Two states tried to block that.

The price of insulin keeps going up. For people with Type 1 diabetes, high prices can be a life and death issue. Now a grassroots movement is pushing for change.

While opioids get all the attention, rural communities struggle with substances like meth and alcohol, too. One clinic in northern Wisconsin is building up capacity to treat all of them, using both medicine and counseling.

A third of people under 35 said cost led them to put off some form of health care, compared with only 8 percent of people 65 and older, a poll by NPR and IBM Watson Health found.