A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two decades on the industry as leaders of both parties expressed concern about the high cost and mixed quality of the…

It’s daggers out at the Federal Trade Commission in its fight against anticompetitive practices in health care. This past year, it has issued more stringent guidelines to block and discourage hospital mergers, and it …

Yuki Noguchi, NPR News New York City pledged this week to pay down $2 billion worth of residents’ medical debt. In doing so, it has come around to an innovation, started in the Midwest, that’s ridding millions of Americans of…

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” To reach the Native and Strong Lifeline, call “988” and press 4.…

Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors’ orders last year after they both turned 45, now the recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer. They scheduled their first routine colonoscopies…

Lewis Morgenstern ha tomado una decisión. Cuando cumpla 65, dentro de cuatro años, va a firmar una directiva anticipada sobre conducir. El documento indicará que se alejará del volante cuando sus hijos se lo pidan.…

Samantha Young Cada vez más estados utilizan fondos de Medicaid para abordar el problema de las armas, financiando programas comunitarios que tienen como meta prevenir masacres. Con estos recursos se están creando…

Con alrededor de 20,000 muertes a causa de covid en Estados Unidos desde principios de octubre, y decenas de miles más en el extranjero, la pandemia claramente no ha terminado. Sin embargo, la respuesta a la crisis sí, ya que…

Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News HANOVER, N.H. — Health care issues are important to Lana Leggett-Kealey, who works as a genetic genealogist. But on Tuesday, as she walked out of her polling place at a local high school and into a…

LOS ANGELES ― Carla Brown waits on an air mattress, eager for her occupational therapist to arrive at her apartment next to the Hollywood Freeway, mere blocks from where she once camped on the sidewalk. She moved into…