California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu ...

With the arrival in California of dengue, a dangerous mosquito-borne disease present mainly in more tropical climates, public ...

KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to compel it to release ...

Diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for ...

Victims of the opioid crisis, health advocates, and public policy experts have repeatedly called on state and local ...

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The ...

UnitedHealthcare, the largest Medicare Advantage contractor, accounted for about two-thirds of the payments tied to home ...

Más de 2 millones de niños a nivel nacional han sido diagnosticados alguna vez con una conmoción o lesión cerebral, según la ...

With new research and updated guidelines in Colorado and 15 other states, physicians and educators are asking parents not to ...

Voters in 10 states weighed in on abortion rights this election. Despite the results supporting abortion rights in seven of ...

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her ...

Community health workers are increasingly common in rural areas, where they help patients overcome barriers to accessing care ...