Members of the House and Senate have proposed legislation “to prohibit the distribution and sale of contaminated poppy seeds ...

Facing a dire shortage of bilingual and culturally attuned therapists, an Oakland, California, community clinic serving Asian ...

The Big Three pharmacy benefit managers say they return nearly all the rebates they get from drugmakers to the employers and ...

John Parker was in first grade when he was struck by a pickup truck driving on Durham’s Cheek Road, which lacks sidewalks to ...

Californians in November will weigh in on a ballot initiative to increase scrutiny over the use of health-care dollars — particularly money from a federal drug discount program — meant to support ...

This year’s start date in most states is Nov. 1, and consumers may encounter new scams as well as important rule changes.

In red and blue states, state lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.

Medical technology and research advances might not be giving the same boost they once did, a new study says. In other news, scientists take first images of waste-disposal mechanisms in living people's ...

Our “Silence in Sikeston” project, a multimedia collaboration from KFF Health News, Retro Report, and WORLD, explores the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police shooting on a rural Missouri ...

For decades, the pulse oximeters used in hospitals, ambulances, and homes have underestimated the oxygen needs of ...

In California, where abortion rights are guaranteed, there’s a loophole. The growth of Catholic hospital systems, which ...

The Environmental Protection Agency's new rule also restricts the amount of lead allowed in U.S. drinking water. Also in the news: a cyberattack on the nation's largest water utility, the benefit of ...