Health Care

Many blame the agency's earlier guidance for suffering and even suicide risk among chronic pain patients. Critics say the updated advice may not fix the problem.

Now, more than two years into the pandemic, some parts of the U.S. are seeing an uptick in cases driven by the BA.2 subvariant.

In a 2-1 ruling Thursday, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate.

Many will lose Medicaid coverage nationwide, but Pennsylvania’s plan is out of step with other states, which advocates say will lead to greater losses.

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.