Trump's Surgeon General Pick Built Name Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana

Jerome Adams, M.D., MPH, the newly confirmed Surgeon General of the United States was formerly Indiana's State Health Commissioner.

Several weeks before President Donald Trump nominated Indiana's state health commissioner Jerome Adams to be the next U.S. surgeon general, Adams toured the Salvation Army Harbor Light detox center in Indianapolis, the only treatment facility in the state for people without insurance.

Trump's Vow To Squeeze 'Sanctuary Cities' Could Play Havoc With Health Programs

Protesters assail Trump's plan to punish so-called "sanctuary cities"

The Trump administration's tough stance on immigration has some local health department officials worried it could spur cuts in federal funding and complicate a wide variety of programs, from efforts to battle the opioid epidemic to domestic violence initiatives.

Trump's Vow To Squeeze 'Sanctuary Cities' Could Play Havoc With Health Programs

Black immigrants

U.S. Sees Big Drop in Number of Babies Born With HIV

Mother and child

The number of infants born with HIV in the United States has dropped dramatically over the past two decades, a new study shows.

According to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 69 cases of HIV-infected infants in 2013, compared with 216 cases in 2002.

U.S. Transgender Surgeries Up 20 Percent in 2 Years

High-profile transitions among public figures, such as Laverne Cox have spotlighted the pent-up demand of patients who once couldn't afford to have surgery

Until Gearah Goldstein fully transitioned her gender, being female housed in a male body felt like a hunger she couldn't satisfy.