Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

Los incendios que se propagan rápidamente y han transformado gran parte del condado de Los Ángeles en un infierno están ...

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints ...

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge ...

A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics ...

The New York Times: I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. Maybe you were alarmed when the surgeon general last week said that consuming alcohol is a leading ...

They strongly urged U.S. senators to reject Robert Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department. "His appointment is a direct threat to ... the public," the letter said.

Emergency room doctors report waves of patients with breathing problems as smoke increases fine particulates in the air. Health officials also are monitoring the potential mental health toll wildfires ...

Stat reports that the number of Black enrollees fell by 11.6% compared to last year, and the number of Hispanic enrollees fell 10.8%. Also in the news: UnitedHealth Group, Amedisys, Prospect Medical, ...

While the Biden administration viewed the regulation as protecting the rights of trans students, opponents saw it as harming girls and women who might object to sharing a bathroom with a transgender ...

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