People across the nation claim cancer-causing emissions from local sterilizing plants are making them sick. It’s an example ...

First responders and other eligible groups will receive a generic drug to combat overdoses. Elsewhere, as Colorado contemplates prescription drug cost controls, patients and their caregivers fear a ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has long given Vietnam veterans disability compensation for illness connected to Agent Orange, widely used to defoliate Southeast Asian battlefields during the U.S.

A new study shows that living a healthy lifestyle can significantly battle increased risk of early death due to genetic predisposition — nearly 2 in 3 people with risky genes can mitigate the risk.

Agreeing to an out-of-network doctor’s own financial policy — which generally protects their ability to get paid and may be ...

Researchers have found a troubling link between teens who frequently vape and levels of potentially toxic metals in their urine. Separately, a study links e-cigarettes to a higher risk of heart ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled Monday that North Carolina's and West Virginia's denial of health care services for transgender patients by government insurance was discriminatory.

USA Today reminds us that Philips has had to recall over 15 million CPAP breathing devices since 2021 over concerns of health injuries from inhaling eroded foam inserts in the machines. Also in the ...

CIDRAP reports on the advisory group meeting earlier this month, where the experts predicted that in the near term, circulating variants of covid will likely be derived from JN.1. Also in the news ...

The bill includes more oversight of home care work, speeding up Medicaid access, and a new registry to make finding caregivers easier. In other health news across the country, addiction treatment in ...

While the White House would like to see Medicaid enrollees not having to wait so long to see a physician, the industry and officials say it's not realistic. Meanwhile, CMS' effort to enforce ratios of ...

With farther to go and travel assistance funds already under strain, urgent abortion care might become out of reach for many women when Florida's abortion ban goes into effect this week. Meanwhile, ...