The term ABCD Counties refers to a list of categories of American counties. This list is devised by Nielsen and is based on U.S. Census Bureau population data and ...

There’s a saying that is often attributed to Gandhi — that a society is best judged by how it treats the people who have the least — the homeless, jobless, working poor, immigrant communities, seniors ...

When Ellen Friebert Schupper’s father was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, friends and family stepped up with support. But one important puzzle piece was missing amid the casseroles and offers to ...

Will "Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease" change personal behavior, the way the term "obesity" could not? Two scientific associations that made the switch hope it will. In a new position statement, the ...

Two families received help from local nonprofits after their stories were told on News 12 Connecticut. Venus Rogers got a new furnace and heating-oil tank through ...

With the government shutdown, there's no money for LIHEAP, the federally-funded heating assistance program for low-income ...

Breast cancer screening is preventive health care. So why do some insurance plans refuse to fully cover the imaging that patients need? The issue, which has frustrated patients for years, has now ...