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Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK Jr

Americans turn to social media to discuss dire experiences at hands of health insurance companies

Advisers to the FDA say a type of flu virus known as the "Yamagata lineage" can be dropped from next year's vaccines.

The first study to look at two years of data shows the devastating effects of long COVID-but there are still no validated treatments.

Health insurance CEOs pocket millions while citizens can’t pay the out-of-pocket.

Do pharmaceutical companies have influence over your doctor's prescription pad? It's relatively easy to check—but you shouldn't have to, experts say.

The state’s largest private-sector nurses union struck this month to defend patient safety at Ascension Seton Medical Center.

Access to high-quality health care is deeply unequal in the United States. Ethics consultations are no exception

Many states have imposed sweeping restrictions that all but ban abortion since the June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 50-year-old constitutional right to the procedure. These laws have created new obstacles for pregnant patients facing life-threatening complications like severe fetal anomalies, cancer diagnoses and ectopic pregnancies – when…