Unnecessarily high radiation doses in scans have been linked to cancers. Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers ...

California businesses saw employees’ monthly family insurance premiums rise nearly $1,000 over a 15-year period, more than ...

Many patients ready to leave the hospital end up lingering for days or weeks — occupying beds that others need and driving up ...

Last year, the government stopped cutting off people’s monthly Social Security benefits to claw back overpayments. Last week, under President Donald Trump, it reversed that change.

The American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other ...

The proposal also would reverse a Biden administration policy that allowed “Dreamers” — immigrants in the country illegally ...

Republicans have proposed legislation in several states to ban the pioneering technology used in covid shots. Many doctors ...

The latest outbreak of bird flu has upended egg, poultry, and dairy operations, sickened dozens of farmworkers, and killed at ...

Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth ...

Hoarding disorder disproportionately affects older people. As baby boomers age, it is a growing public health concern. Effective treatments are scarce, and treating hoarding can require expensive ...

The civil fraud case against UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurer, was filed in 2011 by ...

A small program celebrated by its proponents helps people modify their homes and safely live independently as they age. But ...