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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Health care has ebbed and surged as an election issue throughout the presidential campaign. Here are the ways some of the ...

Conservative groups are working to undermine support for Montana’s Medicaid expansion ahead of a political fight over whether ...