Health Care

Key questions include how often the vaccines should be updated against new viral strains and who should get them.

Former President Obama will join President Biden at the White House Tuesday as Biden unveils new actions meant to expand the Affordable Care Act.

The hygiene van run by Broad Street Ministry, launched last September, now offers telehealth services for those in need.

Federal health officials are convening with outside advisers April 6 to talk about a vaccine plan.

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The pandemic has overwhelmed Medicaid agencies, and as Biden's COVID emergency declaration ends, people with low incomes could find it even harder to find coverage.

Nuclear imaging has significantly improved the accuracy of stress tests, to diagnose conditions like coronary artery disease.

The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen more than 90% in more than two months.

Researchers found that people who had COVID-19 were about 40% more likely to develop diabetes within a year after recovering, compared to participants in a control group.

The chamber voted on a bill that caps the price of insulin at $35 a month but fate for the legislation in the Senate is unclear.

The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then.

The Food and Drug Administration has long warned against using the cow and horse dewormer to fight COVID-19, warning it can cause serious, adverse effects.

Under the Geneva Conventions, it is a war crime for an occupying power to deport people to any other country or territory during an international conflict.

The BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus infections nationwide, the CDC estimates. The variant doesn't appear to make people sicker.

The free health clinic launched during the pandemic targets Black populations that lack access to health care.