The fertility rate in the U.S. is down, but the cost of raising a child may be to blame. If not for immigrant families, births would be down sharply.

“People who suffer from severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most misunderstood, ignored and unjustly stigmatized members of our society,” the bishops write.

The television host asked panelists about the role of faith and prayer in healing.

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.