Health Care

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.

As several red states pass restrictive laws on abortion, progressive legislatures are passing their own policies aiming to protect the right to the procedure.

Testing sites have had to turn people away now that they can’t bill the federal government. Vaccinators are bracing for a similar fate.

Latest census counts show the pandemic’s toll, not just in the Garden State but countrywide.

RaDonda Vaught's conviction could lead to years in prison. It's a rare case of a medical mistake being deemed a crime, and many worry it will have a chilling effect on the ent

Gail Carter-Hamilton will work to ensure racial equity in the health department and address health inequities throughout the city.