Health Care

When it comes to cancer survival, the United States is sharply divided by race.

"It's about a deeper issue: ... Is healthcare structured to give patients the information they need to make informed decisions?"

The engineered cells are made by extracting T cells — a key part of the immune system -- from each patient's blood and then genetically modifying them in the lab.

The 1964 Civil Rights Act require hospitals and other facilities that offer medical services and receive federal funds to provide "meaningful access" to patients.

Medicaid home care aides are emerging as the latest target in the ongoing power struggle between some conservative lawmakers and organized labor.

Now that President Donald Trump’s administration has halted more than $10 billion in payments intended to help insurance companies unde ...

Researchers have discovered why some stomach bugs hit us so hard — and spread so fast.

Delayed dental care can lead to infection, costly surgery.

Too frequently Seroquel is given to people who have Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. The problem with that? Seroquel can be deadly for dementia patients.

The Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990, But culture change has been slow to take hold in the medical profession.

Pro-choice advocates began losing sleep the minute Donald Trump was elected.

An estimated 300 to 400 doctors kill themselves each year, a rate of 28 to 40 per 100,000 or more than double that of general population.

Former President Barack Obama endorses seven Democratic candidates from the Philadelphia region. Puerto Rican scholars and artists displ ...

The government needs to squeeze $840.2 million in annual savings from Medicaid by 2023, a reduction required by the U.S. territory's agreement with the federal government.

The dried, cured flower is now legal for sale at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania.