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Henry Kaiser, a WW2 industrialist from California, often spoke similar inspiring words as he rose to develop Kaiser Permanence, the largest managed health system in the U.S.. U.S. health care has ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

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Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators ...

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Prominent health care organizations urge the Trump administration to restore important data sets on the Centers for Disease ...

Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.

As a precaution, the CDC is urging U.S. healthcare organizations to reinforce Ebola preparedness protocols amid a newly confirmed outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Sudan virus ...

In the latest move in that direction, Livi will now be deployed by BMI Healthcare, the UK’s largest private health chain with more than 50 hospitals across the country serving millions of patients.