A proposed bill in the United Kingdom seeks “to clarify the extent to which a medical practitioner with a conscientious objection may refrain from participating in certain medical activities.”

Belsy García Manrique is a year away from realizing her dream of becoming a doctor—and her father is awaiting deportation.

Respondents who named health care as their priority for state elections frequently specified the issue: how universal health care would benefit everyone.

"I thank her and I want you to know her name: Sister Cornelia Caraglio."

Children in the U.S. have a 70 percent greater chance of dying before adulthood than in comparable nations. Guns, car accidents and lack of access to health care are to blame.

Life expectancy has dropped in the U.S. for two consecutive years. Guns, drugs and car accidents are deadlier here than in peer nations.