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The Medical University of South Carolina is conducting a genetics research project to study how DNA affects health conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. Lee Moultrie, a member of the community advisory board for the project, regularly wears a bright-blue pullover with the words "In Our DNA SC" embroidered on the front to encourage people to enroll in the study. (Gavin McIntyre/KFF News)

Genetics studies have a diversity problem that researchers struggle to fix

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Being Black and pregnant in the Deep South can be a dangerous combination

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Hospitals’ use of volunteer staff runs risk of skirting labor laws, experts say

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People line up before a Covid-19 vaccination drive the Lynchburg fire Department is helping organize at an old TJ Maxx store in Lynchburg, Virginia on March 13, 2021. - The Lynchburg Fire department teamed up with the city government and private industry to help administer and distribute vaccines to the counties around. They also use outreach with community groups to attract county residents from the surrounding areas to the mass vaccination sites. The biggest challenge the department sees moving forward is getting the vaccine to people in the rural areas. Health workers in the United States have administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, an official tracker showed Friday, March 12, around 30 percent of the world's total of shots in arms so far. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Public health agencies try to restore trust as they fight misinformation

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Mass shootings reopen the debate over whether crime scene photos prompt change or trauma

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The $18,000 breast biopsy: When having insurance costs you a bundle

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“Almost like malpractice”: To shed bias, doctors get schooled to look beyond obesity

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