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Restrictions on telehealth prescriptions for controlled substances were waived during the pandemic—but may not last

People in distress have to hurriedly choose the best hospital. And they are confronted by more and more options

Incomplete or insufficient medical kits, and the lackluster medical training of flight crews are raising questions

Under a new rule, California families with expensive workplace healthcare plans could see relief from the state

The skepticism and misinformation surrounding COVID vaccines now threatens other public health priorities

OKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was concerned to see the numbers of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 slipping after an initially robust response. With doubt, fear and misinformation running rampant nationwide — both online and offline — he…

The fall of Roe v. Wade over the summer did more than change the landscape on abortion. It also left questions over other Supreme Court precedents and elements of reproductive health care like contraceptives in Republican-controlled states.

Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and…

Republican-led legislatures have repeatedly thwarted Medicaid expansion in a dozen conservative states, despite high numbers of uninsured residents. In recent years, supporters of expansion have found success with another strategy: letting voters decide.

South Dakota's Medicaid expansion faces a difficult rollout due to political pushback and outdated technology

JACKSON, Miss. — Two years ago, after an emergency cesarean section at a Mississippi hospital, Sherika Trader was denied a tubal ligation. Trader, now 33, was told that to have her tubes tied, she had to have a second child or a husband’s permission, even though she wasn’t married.