Health Care

The number of urgent care centers in the U.S. have doubled, from more than 7,000 to more than 14,000 over the last decade or so.

A hair stylist in Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania, has a neck condition that may require surgery. She says if ACA subsidies expire, she'll further delay the procedure.

Health care providers say patients should be careful before getting easily accessible prescriptions for hormone products.

Insurance regulators say Pennie customers will see premiums rise by 21% on average, which factors in the potential loss of federal premium tax credits, or health subsidies.

It is unclear when either deal will be finalized. If a sale falls through, Prospect Medical Holdings is allowed to abandon the property.

People 65 and older may see higher or lower Medicare premium costs, different plan options, limited telehealth access and other changes for 2026 coverage.

Biden's office announced in May that he'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that it had spread to his bone.

Springfield’s solicitor said that word of a possible abandonment came as a “total surprise.”

If the application is successful, the Garden State could be awarded $1 billion over five years to improve services for rural residents.

The doctors also argue the November retention election could impact health care affordability, patient privacy and equal rights in Pennsylvania.

The proposed legal settlement would limit sharing of some salary data. Hospitals would also have longer to comply with spending targets.

Delaware congressional Democrats say they want more funding for government health care programs before voting to end the shutdown.

Images taken in 1896 by Arthur Goodspeed of coins inside a small purse were a precursor to medical X-rays and the birth of radiology in the U.S.

The GUIDE program pays local health and home care organizations to provide free dementia respite services, education, training and care coordination.

Democrats have demanded that the subsidies, first put in place in 2021 and extended a year later, be extended again.