Children and young adults in the U.S. foster care system suffer from mental health disorders and die by suicide at far higher ...

Billions in opioid settlement money was meant to be spent on treating and preventing addiction — but what happens if it’s ...

This installment of InvestigateTV and KFF Health News’ “Costly Care” series explores how the type of medical facility where a ...

Following updates by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a coalition of pharmacy organizations has urged insurers to continue to cover vaccines unless there is “clear evidence of ...

Thriving Texas Families, a network that supports parenting and adoption as alternatives to abortion and has had little oversight, will take in $100 million a year starting Sept. 1. More news from ...

In a move that raises questions about its future role and composition, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s office has called off a scheduled meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The ...

CDC data indicate 1,288 measles cases have been confirmed so far this year, pushing past the previous high reached in 2019. In other public health news: Texas first responders are experiencing mental ...

The study looked at infections caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, which tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. Other research news is on an experimental treatment that ...

Although the law's cuts weren't aimed at kids, children’s hospitals may be hard-hit given that a high percentage of their patients, often more than 50%, rely on Medicaid, Modern Healthcare reports.

Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers ...

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid ...

A Colorado bill banning surprise billing for ambulance rides passed unanimously in both legislative chambers, only to be met ...