Health Care

The Pulse explores how the environment shapes biology. Turns out that influence goes deep, down to the molecular level — to th ...

The U.S. Health and Human Services department has put a freeze on $10.4 billion in funding that was expected to go to Affordable Care Act insurers later this year.

What would the U.S. look like without Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide?

By some accounts, nearly half of America's incarcerated population is mentally ill — and journalist Alisa Roth argues that most aren't getting the treatment they need.

At stake are billions in payments to insurers with sicker customers.

It's Thursday evening. The work day is over and people are filing into the Resurrection Center in Wilmington.

U.S. Supreme Court strikes California law mandating pregnancy counselors post notices about abortion rights and access.

There's a shortage of primary care providers. University of Pennsylvania is testing a model, using Medicare funds, to train more nurse practitioners.

"They are asking a lot of questions," she says. "They are investigating one's life from head to toe."

Officials say supplies have fallen below the three-day inventory.

More than 30 current and former VA employees spoke to NPR.

A free program at the Children's Health Center in Reading, Pa. provides resources and social support to new parents in recovery from addiction.

Guest: Robert Field The Trump administration announced that it would not defend the Affordable Care Act against a ...

Doctors shouldn't routinely perform electrocardiograms on patients at low risk for heart disease, an influential federal panel is recommending.

The case has moved to the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.