Medical Debt Is Being Erased in Ohio and Illinois. Is Your Town Next?

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois violated federal anti-discrimination law by excluding gender-affirming medical services from coverage under its self-insured health plans, a federal court in Tacoma, Wash., ruled.

The deaths were primarily driven by hemorrhage, maternal health conditions and blood clots during pregnancy and in the year after. Mental health conditions,...

Twenty-four hospitals and providers across 21 states were harassed online following “harassing, inflammatory and…

An investigation found telehealth startups sharing health data with big tech companies like Meta and Google using tracking tools.

Some insurers and employers are tapping into assistance programs meant for individual patients. The concern: Some costly drugs could be harder for patients to access.

DeSantis has said the flights were designed to draw attention to the Biden administration’s southern border policies.

DAMASCUS, Oregon (AP) — At a woodsy retreat center in Oregon, some 30 men and women are seated or lying down, masks covering their eyes and listening to serene music. They are among the first crop of students being trained how to accompany patients tripping on psilocybin, as Oregon prepares to become the first U.S.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —

Dr. Ximena Lopez runs Texas' premier healthcare program for gender affirmation.

Senate passes bill to put new cabinet position over education, disempowering state board.

The Food and Drug Administration needs to prioritize a health messaging campaign to ease gay and bisexual men into donating blood, medical experts say, after the organization announced its plan to lift restrictions.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Roger Coody has no legal training and his political experience until recently had been limited to registering people to vote. Now, the Oklahoma hairstylist is pushing a ballot proposal he wrote that would make abortion access a constitutional right in his deeply red state, where Republican lawmakers have banned the procedure in nearly all circumstances.

By easing regulatory requirements for animal testing, the Act allows scientists to use innovative, leading-edge technologies more fully in future drug development strategies. 

AUSTIN — LGBTQ youth in Texas experienced suicidal thoughts at higher rates than their peers in large states and had a harder time accessing mental health...

Maternal Mortality Rates Are Higher in States With Abortion Bans, a Study Finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he will bolster tribal consultations, inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in decision-making and funding for communities struggling with the impacts of climate change.