Health

The time shift in the fall and again in the spring can influence our health in unexpected ways.

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage starts Thursday across most of the country.

A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.

A different strain of the virus was found at another facility in the state, New Jersey health officials said Thursday.

The DRC's government reports that burial teams, health workers and responders are being threatened as often as three or four times a week.

A study recently published in Health Affairs found that consolidation in California has caused health care costs to spike for both patients and insurers.

New quality measures are shining a light on troubled nursing homes covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

The teams will assess infection prevention practices and deploy beginning in November, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.

He called it Aamin Ambulance. ("Aamin" is Somali for "faithful.")

While the bulk of fatal overdoses still happen in urban areas, the rural overdose rate has increased to slightly surpass that of cities.

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Health officials said they have teams at the facility monitoring the infection, and the center has closed to new patients.

Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.