Health Care

How to make the start of a new life as trauma-free as possible.

The increasingly lethal turn has filled hospitals, complicated the start of the school year, delayed the return to offices and demoralized health care workers.

Set to open in October, the clinic will offer blood draws for lab tests, X-rays, behavioral health care, checkups for adults and kids, and immunizations.

WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk looked at the numbers, treatment trends, and patient outcomes.

The wave of bad headlines came just as the White House aimed to implement a September reset.

Pennsylvania is headed for a profound eldercare crisis, experts warn.

“That’s 2.8 million families who will have more security, more breathing room, and more money in their pocket if an illness or accident hits home,” Biden said.

Fear of lawsuits means the baby becomes the sole focus, experts say — and everyone is hurried home to avoid costs.

With cases rising, health-care experts are urging the legislature to extend regulatory changes to maximize the number of workers in hospitals and long-term care settings.

The reality is breakthrough cases are becoming more common. Here's what you should know about getting a breakthrough case — and what I wish I'd known.

Plans for COVID-19 booster shots in some Western countries are highlighting vast disparities in access to vaccines around the world.

Republicans swiftly denounced the mandate that could impact 100 million Americans as government overreach and vowed to sue.

What's behind the decision of a quarter of Americans who haven't been vaccinated? And, with a shortage of ICU beds and ventilators in several states, who gets treated?

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."

Research has shown a link between exposure to racism and birth outcomes. The terror attacks offered a unique window on the effects of anti-Arab racism.