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

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 ...

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

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

Despite widespread support for protecting abortion rights, voters said the cost of gas, housing, food, and health care was ...

Lurie Ousts Breed As Mayor Of San Francisco: Daniel Lurie has been elected mayor of San Francisco, denying London Breed another term after arguing that her flawed leadership exacerbated the drug ...

Under the nation’s first law of its kind, teens must have parental consent to travel for medical care, including in cases of sexual assault or rape. Any adult, including an aunt, grandparent, or ...

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

The National Indian Health Board has urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to declare a public health emergency as an alarming syphilis outbreak, which disproportionately affects ...