Health Care

In Pennsylvania, anyone who becomes physically ill or disabled after the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is eligible for an emergency absentee ballot.

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid.

As different as this year is, the cold is still coming.

Where are hospitals reaching capacity? Which metro areas are running out of beds? NPR has learned agencies collect and analyze this information in detail but don't share it.

Female physicians spend more time with each patient than male doctors do and their patients report higher satisfaction. But the extra time adds up and results in less money.

COVID-19 has shown how our cities and spaces can fail to keep us healthy. But for the 15% of the population living with a disability, this awareness came before the pandemic.

When a Latina woman went to the hospital, a doctor dismissed her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the virus?

Fewer patient visits, delayed or reduced insurance reimbursements, and the coronavirus itself struck a blow at some offices — and the communities they serve.

Lawyers argued whether the law violates of the state constitution’s Equal Rights Amendment or reflects just one sex-specific issue Medicaid does not cover.

Eight providers are suing the state’s Department of Human Services over the prohibition. Oral arguments are set for Wednesday in Commonwealth Court.

Scientists say a 25-year-old Nevada man was infected with the virus twice. It is the first confirmed case of reinfection in the U.S.

Physicians are seeing the effects of a warming planet in the exam room, and there's a growing push to teach doctors-in-training how to respond.

Since the beginning of September, Berks County has seen an increase of nearly 1,500 cases of COVID-19, which gives “significant cause for concern,” Levine said.

At the center of that shared philosophy is a strict form of constitutional interpretation called originalism, which Scalia championed.

"He's mocking us, the working poor," said Norma, a 46-year-old domestic worker and undocumented mother of three from Lakewood, N.J.