Health Care

Ninety-seven percent of prisoners with the disease are unable to access proper medical care in correctional facilities across the country.

Tennessee has been purging people from its Medicaid rolls, while the legislature is working to promote caps on the program.

Dramatically reducing HIV infections in the next decade will prove very difficult—and may be impossible with cuts to Medicaid or the repeal of the ACA.

The Vermont senator shares the same zero-sum mindset on immigration as his Republican counterparts, including Donald Trump.

Representative Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) speaks during a news conference on April 9th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

But the Trump administration's attacks on Medicaid are nowhere near finished.

High doctor pay keeps American health-care costs high. Without debt relief, it will be hard to get doctors on board for lower pay.

But Republicans are far more likely to think that the United States' quality of care is among the best in the world.

New initiatives are addressing the social causes of diseases—which often means leaving the clinical setting.

New research suggests the provision allowing people to stay on their parents' health insurance means more young people are getting treatment.

A new report highlights gross inequities in health coverage for grad students—and a lack of access to mental-health resources more generally.

A review of a new tool to determine eligibility for private care for vets by the U.S. Digital Service recommended the agency scrap the software and start over.

When it comes to attacking programs that help the most vulnerable Americans, Donald Trump is right in step with his predecessors and his party.

Mainstream M4A proposals just got a lot more inclusive.

Scientists have studied the potential for ketamine to treat severe depression for years, but this is the first time the FDA has indicated its use as an antidepressant.

In banning federal funding from groups that refer women for abortion services, the president is presenting a golden opportunity for faith-based, anti-abortion clinics.

Public health means keeping everyone healthy—as a moral matter, and a practical one.

It would cost about $250 million to get an additional 650,000 low-income Americans to breastfeed as much as experts recommend, but it would save families and the health-care system $1.5 billion, a study finds.

A new study suggests that states already have broad legal authority to expand Medicaid access.

New research finds that vaccine skeptics possess an unusual mix of ethical beliefs that defy the traditional left-right divide.

In November of 2016, a lot of American women feared using access to contraception—so they got IUDs.

The new access standards are the most important step toward reshaping the Department of Veterans Affairs in line with Trump's vision of enlarging the private sector's role.

Americans across the political spectrum are longing for change in health care but are worried about what changes might mean.

With CTE lawsuits mounting, the NFL can’t find a general-liability insurer to cover head injuries. Fraternities and police departments have faced similar problems.