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![A patient discusses medical issues with a doctor A patient discusses medical issues with a doctor](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1295964655.jpg?w=140)
Patients suffer when Indian Health Service doesn’t pay for outside care
The Indian Health Service, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, serves about...
![AAPI women once had a relatively low rate of breast cancer diagnoses. Now researchers are scrambling to understand why it’s rising at a faster pace than those of many other racial and ethnic groups. AAPI women once had a relatively low rate of breast cancer diagnoses. Now researchers are scrambling to understand why it’s rising at a faster pace than those of many other racial and ethnic groups.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/US-NEWS-HEALTH-BREASTCANCER-RATE-MCT.jpg?w=125)
Breast cancer rises among Asian American and Pacific Islander women
AAPI women once had a relatively low rate of breast cancer diagnoses. Now researchers are...
!["I wanted to do something big, but I wanted to do it in a way where I could give back," Heath Scott said of a plan to mark his 50th birthday by biking across the state and raising money for the poor. "I wanted to do something big, but I wanted to do it in a way where I could give back," Heath Scott said of a plan to mark his 50th birthday by biking across the state and raising money for the poor.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/TVP-L-NW-BIKE-RIDE-KW-03.jpg?w=132)
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Newport News man biking 588 miles across Virginia — and raising money for charity — to celebrate 50th birthday
"I wanted to do something big, but I wanted to do it in a way...
![Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services to meet the mental health needs of autistic youth. Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services to meet the mental health needs of autistic youth.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/US-NEWS-CALIF-AUTISTIC-MENTALHEALTH-LA.jpg?w=122)
Growing need. Glaring gaps. Why mental health care can be a struggle for autistic youth
Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services...
![We know time does not slow down, it’s our perception of it that does. We know time does not slow down, it’s our perception of it that does.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1175059391.jpg?w=132)
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Why does time seem to speed up as we age? Here are some theories
We know time does not slow down, it’s our perception of it that does.
![State and federal health agencies are gearing up to respond to a new strain of mpox if the new strain spreads to the United States. But this time, they are doing so with fewer resources. State and federal health agencies are gearing up to respond to a new strain of mpox if the new strain spreads to the United States. But this time, they are doing so with fewer resources.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/US-NEWS-MED-MPOX-GET.jpg?w=132)
Health agencies scramble to prepare for new mpox strain
State and federal health agencies are gearing up to respond to a new strain of...
![One key to long-term health in HIV-positive individuals is ongoing monitoring, which can become even more important in the aging population. One key to long-term health in HIV-positive individuals is ongoing monitoring, which can become even more important in the aging population.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/US-NEWS-MED-AGING-HIV-POSITIVE-AMERICANS-SA.jpg?w=132)
More than half of HIV-positive Americans are 50+. Figuring out care is complex
One key to long-term health in HIV-positive individuals is ongoing monitoring, which can become even...
![Pediatricians want to vaccinate kids, but some say they’re keeping their stockpile of covid vaccines low to avoid being stuck with costly, unwanted shots. Pediatricians want to vaccinate kids, but some say they’re keeping their stockpile of covid vaccines low to avoid being stuck with costly, unwanted shots.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/US-NEWS-HEALTH-PEDIATRICIANS-COVID-SHOTS-1-KHN.jpg?w=132)
As interest from families wanes, pediatricians scale back on COVID shots
Pediatricians want to vaccinate kids, but some say they’re keeping their stockpile of covid vaccines...
![While the opening of the Hampton Life Center is a welcome expansion, it comes as the organization is facing significant financial challenges — including recent cuts in state and federal funding that have led to some layoffs and reduction of prevention programming. While the opening of the Hampton Life Center is a welcome expansion, it comes as the organization is facing significant financial challenges — including recent cuts in state and federal funding that have led to some layoffs and reduction of prevention programming.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/TVP-L-NW-LGBT-CENTER-SMK-002.jpg?w=130)
LGBT Life Center opens new ‘loud and proud’ medical facility in Hampton
While the opening of the Hampton Life Center is a welcome expansion, it comes as...
![Drugmakers argue the 340B program has expanded far beyond helping health providers that serve low-income patients. Drugmakers argue the 340B program has expanded far beyond helping health providers that serve low-income patients.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/US-NEWS-STATES-DRUGPRICES-GET.jpg?w=132)
States force drugmakers to keep selling cheaper meds under federal program
Drugmakers argue the 340B program has expanded far beyond helping health providers that serve low-income...