Why do some people in Kenya assume the identity of ‘orphan’? We often think of “orphans” as children who have lost both parents and who lack kin networks. One might ask why someone would “opt in” to ...

World War Orphans Day highlights children orphaned by conflict. Molly Green's novel, An Orphan's War, tells the story of ...

My sisters and I are now orphans. We have been fortunate: not many live as long as we have with a parent still vital and active. But the end has finally come. Except for those who die before their ...

Rising number, cost of drugs for rare disease therapies create new pressure on health plans, researchers report in the October issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS ...

Every day, someone in the U.S. is born with or wakes up to unexplained symptoms and the subsequent diagnosis of a serious illness. If it’s a disease one has heard of, like diabetes, heart failure or ...

Sometimes a calf loses its mother or has a mother that won’t accept it or can’t feed it. Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles. It might be an orphan or a twin—and the mother doesn’t have enough ...

“Orphan Black: Echoes” is not an exact replica of “Orphan Black,” the beloved, groundbreaking sci-fi series that aired from 2013-17 on BBC America. The Tatiana Maslany-less spin-off, premiering Sunday ...