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• 1 in 3 U.S. Children Lack Adequate Health Insurance
• 1 in 5 Americans Has an STD: CDC
• 1 in 5 Medicare Patients Use Medical Marijuana: Survey
• 1 in 5 U.S. Seniors Now Skip Meds Because of Cost
• 18 Million Americans Can't Pay for Needed Meds
• 3 Steps Could Nearly Eliminate COVID Infections on College Campuses: Study
• 3D Mammograms Best at Spotting Tumors, But Many Black Women Missing Out
• 4 in 10 U.S. Adults Who Need Mental Health Care Can't Get It: Survey
• 8/8 -- Inflation Has Many Americans Cutting Back on Health Care, Poll Finds
• Aduhelm: Will Medicare Cover the Controversial Alzheimer's Drug?
• After a Sweeping Review, CDC Looks to Rebuild Public Trust
• After Baby Formula Scandal, FDA Announces New Unit Focused on Food Safety
• After Criticism, FDA Pledges to Revamp Its Tobacco Division
• After Heart Attack, Cardiac Rehab Begins Road to Recovery
• After Roe v. Wade: Could Bans on Out-of-State Abortions, Mail-Order Pills Be Next?
• Almost 1 in 3 U.S. Seniors Now Sees at Least 5 Doctors Per Year
• Almost 13 Million Americans Per Year Skip Meds Due to Cost
• Almost Half of Americans Worry About Surprise Medical Bills: Poll
• American Dental Association Pushes for Dental Coverage Under Medicaid
• Americans' COVID Medical Bills Are Set to Rise
• Americans Divided on Biden's Vaccine Mandate, Poll Finds
• Appeals Court Backs Florida's Ban on School Mask Mandates
• Appeals Court Ruling Keeps Obamacare Preventive Health Care Coverage in Place for Now
• Are Pricey Air Ambulance Rides Really Saving More Lives?
• As Medicaid Access Expands, So Does Cancer Survival
• As Medical Debt Rises, So Do Cancer Death Rates
• As Testing Costs Rise, Neurology Patients May Skip Screening
• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000
• Bans on Evictions, Utility Shutoffs Are Curbing COVID Infections: Study
• Biden Administration Announces National Plan to End Hunger By 2030
• Biden Administration Announces New Division to Deal With Pandemics
• Biden Administration Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage
• Biden Administration Calls for Crackdown on Misleading Medicare Ads
• Biden Administration May Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency
• Biden Administration May Stop Buying COVID Vaccines, Treatments by Fall
• Biden Administration Moves to Cut Methane Emissions That Threaten Climate, Health
• Biden Administration to Tackle Lead in Drinking Water
• Biden Administration Will Stop Sending Out Free COVID Tests on Friday
• Biden Announces New Lung Health Program for U.S. Veterans
• Biden Expected to Name Former FDA Head Dr. Robert Califf to Lead Agency Again
• Biden Invokes Defense Act to Boost Supply of Infant Formula
• Biden Nominates Head of National Cancer Institute to Run NIH
• Biden Plan Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Boost Health Worker Supply
• Biden Pledges to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans
• Biden Set to Name New CDC Director
• Biden Signs Executive Order on Access to Abortion
• Biden Tests Positive for COVID
• Biden to Expand Access to Health Care for Immigrants Brought Illegally to U.S. as Children
• Biden to Nominate Head of National Cancer Institute to Run NIH
• Biden to Sign Bill That Helps Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits
• Biden to Sign Executive Order Protecting Women Traveling for Abortion
• Big Changes Are Coming to U.S. Health Care as Pandemic Emergencies Expire
• Black Americans, Mexican Americans Develop Diabetes Earlier in Life
• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study
• Breast Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll on Some Young Patients
• California Expands Access to Free Menstrual Products in Schools
• California Files Suit Over 'Forever Chemicals' in Water
• California's Plan to Make Low-Priced Insulin Could Be Example for Nation
• Can a Drug Help Prevent Diabetic Vision Loss?
• Canada's Menthol Cigarette Ban Boosted Quit Rates: Would the Same Happen in U.S.?
• Cancer Care Costs U.S. $156 Billion Per Year; Drugs a Major Factor
• Cancer Costs U.S. Patients $21 Billion a Year
• Cancer Survivors Fared Better Financially After Obamacare
• Cancer Takes Heavy Toll on Women's Work and Finances: Study
• Cancer's Financial Toll on Couples Hurts Both Partners
• Child's Hospital Stay Can Cost Plenty, Even With Insurance
• Choice of Brand-Name Drug Over Generics Costs Medicare Nearly $2 Billion Annually
• Colonoscopy Surprise Bills Should Be Thing of the Past, Experts Say
• Companion Drug Might Help Prevent Kidney Complications of Lupus
• Compared to Other Countries, Americans Pay Much More for Prescription Drugs
• Converting Hotels to Rooms for Homeless People Curbed COVID's Spread
• Cost a Barrier to Cervical Cancer Screening for Many U.S. Women
• Cost of Brand-Name Epilepsy Meds Is Soaring
• Cost of Epilepsy Meds Continues to Soar
• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment
• Could Cheaper, Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Finally Be Here?
• Could Home Test for Colon Cancer Mean a Big Medical Bill to Come?
• Countries With Universal Health Care Had Better Child Vaccination Rates During Pandemic
• Couples Age 55 or Older Can Soon Contribute $10,000 a Year to Health Savings Accounts
• COVID Fears Mean More Cancers Are Being Diagnosed at Later Stages
• COVID Restrictions Eased in England
• COVID Vaccine Won't Reach All the World's People Until 2022: Study
• Crowdsourcing Raises Billions for Families Hit Hard by Medical Bills
• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients
• Data Show Big Drop in Number of Americans in Medical Debt
• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America
• Demand for Abortion Pills, Info Has Been Surging for Weeks
• Diabetes Is Deadlier for Black Americans: Study
• Did Obamacare Expand Access to Insurance for Minorities? In Some U.S. States, Hardly at All
• Do Taxes on Soda Really Lower Sugar Intake?
• Doctors Divided Over Use of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug
• Dr. Anthony Fauci Will Step Down in December
• Drug Lynparza Could Help Fight Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers
• Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.
• Election Outcome Hasn't Lowered Americans' Stress Levels: Poll
• Eli Lilly to Slash Insulin Prices, Cap Monthly Out-of-Pocket Costs at $35
• Emergency Shipment of Baby Formula Arrives From Europe
• Emergency Transport Can Surprise Many With Big Bills
• EPA Could Get Tough on Leaded Fuel in Airplanes
• EPA to Sharply Limit Refrigerant Production in New Climate Rule
• EPA Wants to Accelerate U.S. Sales of Electric Vehicles, Boosting Air Quality
• Eviction Bans Helped Stop COVID's Spread in Cities: Study
• FDA Eases Access to Cheaper Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
• FDA OKs Automatic Use of a Cheaper Generic  Insulin
• FDA Poised to Ban Menthol Cigarettes
• FDA Shortens Time to Booster After Moderna Vaccine to 5 Months
• Fear of Losing Health Insurance Keeps 1 in 6 U.S. Workers in Their Jobs
• Federal Agency Mulls Ban on Gas Stoves Due to Health Concerns
• Feds Tighten Safety Standards on Tiny High-Powered Magnets That Have Injured Kids
• Feds Warn of Home Carbon Monoxide Detectors That May Fail to Alarm
• Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices
• Fighting Liver Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll: Study
• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America
• Florida Bill Would Ban Elementary School Kids From Learning About Menstruation
• For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach
• For the Poor, Even a Small Medical Bill Can Trigger Coverage Loss
• Former FDA Chief Robert Califf a Contender to Head Agency Again
• Frustrations Mount for U.S. Seniors Seeking Access to COVID Vaccines
• Gun Violence Wreaks Havoc on Lives of Survivors, Their Families
• Health Savings Accounts Used Least by People Who Need Them Most: Poll
• Heart Screening of Young Athletes Is Cost-Effective
• Hepatitis B Shots Advised for All U.S. Adults Under 60
• Here's How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs
• Here's How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care
• Here's How to Get Your Free Home COVID Test Kits
• High Co-Pays, Deductibles Keep Some Women From Mammogram Follow-Up
• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs
• High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram
• Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Canadian Province Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Hard Drugs
• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion
• House Committees to Investigate New Alzheimer's Drug Approval
• How Bad Was COVID in Your State? Governor's Party Affiliation Was Key
• How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?
• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying
• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped
• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills
• Illinois Mandated 'Stay-at-Home' Orders, Nearby Iowa Didn't: Here's What Happened
• In a First, Medicaid Extends Coverage to Prison Inmates
• In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion
• Insurance Often Covers Ivermectin for COVID, Even Though Drug Doesn't Work
• Insured Patients Are Getting Surprise Bills After Colonoscopies
• International Group of Health Experts Raise Alarm About Dangers of AI
• Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs
• Is Politics Creating a 'Mortality Gap' for Americans?
• Is Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?
• It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance
• IUDs, Contraceptive Implants Tough to Access for Women on Medicaid
• Job Losses Hit Americans Hard in Pandemic, Report Confirms
• Judge Rules Against Florida's Ban on School Mask Mandates
• Just 8% of Americans Lack Health Insurance, a Record Low
• Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study
• Little Change in Number of Uninsured in  Pandemic's First Year
• Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
• Major Credit Agencies Will Drop Most Medical Debt From Reports
• 'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
• Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half
• Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Plans to Sell Overdose Antidote for Less Than $50
• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll
• Many Americans With Long COVID Have Trouble Accessing Care
• Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
• Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study
• Many Kids Separated From Families at U.S. Border Suffer PTSD
• Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments
• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
• Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt
• Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings
• Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
• Me, Me, Me: Narcissists Drawn to Politics, Study Shows
• Medicaid Expansion Saved Lives in Affected States: Study
• Medicaid Rules May Affect Americans' Cancer Survival
• Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
• Medical Care for COVID-19 Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions: Study
• Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows
• Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
• Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy
• Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug
• Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors
• Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
• Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices
• Medicare's Free Wellness Visit Can Prevent Diabetes Amputation
• Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study
• Members of Biden’s Transition Team Call for New COVID Plan
• Millions Could Lose Medicaid by April as Pandemic Rules Ease
• Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage
• Minnesota Trial Focuses on Pharmacist Who Refused to Provide Morning-After Pill
• Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends
• Money Troubles Can Delay Cancer Diagnoses, Putting Survival in Jeopardy
• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
• More Affordable Housing, Healthier Hearts?
• More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
• Most Alzheimer's Patients Wouldn't Have Qualified for Controversial Drug's Trial: Study
• Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
• Most U.S. Voters Want Products Free of Harmful Chemicals: Poll
• Most Vaccinated Adults Plan to Get Boosters: Poll
• Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
• Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
• Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
• New Dietary Guidelines for Americans Ignore Recommendations on Sugar, Alcohol
• New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
• Nutrition Labels to Move to Front of Packaging Under Biden Plan
• Oakland's Soda Tax Cut Local Sales by 27%
• Obamacare Gave More Breast Cancer Survivors Access to Breast Reconstruction
• Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer
• Obamacare Helped Women in Some Southern States Get Better Breast Cancer Care
• Obamacare May Have Helped Extend Lives of Young Cancer Patients
• Obamacare May Have Helped Lower Suicide Rates
• Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure
• Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study
• Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids
• Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
• Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing
• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
• Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost
• Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims
• Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs
• Paid Sick Leave: Good for Business, Study Finds
• Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
• Pandemic Has Affected Kids' Dental Health: Poll
• Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
• Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Helped Keep Millions of Americans From Going Hungry
• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
• Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
• Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
• Pentagon Says Troops Must Start Lining Up Now for COVID Shots
• Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study
• Politics Big Factor in Folks' Decision to Get Boosters
• Politics Clouds Folks' Views on COVID Rules, Global Survey Confirms
• Poll Finds Many U.S. Women Confused About Medical Abortion
• PrEP HIV Prevention Pills to Be Free for Insured Americans
• President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy
• Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
• Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
• Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
• 'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
• Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
• Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
• Report Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs
• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
• San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies
• Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices
• Scotland Becomes 1st Country to Provide Free Period Products
• Second Report on Toxins in Baby Foods Finds Continuing Problems
• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
• Seniors' Dental Care Declines After Medicare Kicks In
• Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
• Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?
• Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year
• Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
• State Anti-Poverty Programs Help Kids' Brains Stay Healthy
• 'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
• Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
• Support for Obamacare Grows as Biden Takes Control: Poll
• Supreme Court Allows Legal Challenges to Texas Abortion Law, But Doesn't Overturn It
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Big Business
• Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
• Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
• Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
• The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease
• There's a Push to Expand Medicare's Coverage of Dental Issues
• Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical?  Think Again
• Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
• Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
• Top FDA Official Involved in Baby Formula Debacle Resigns
• Tougher Federal Penalties to Come for Failing Nursing Homes
• TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment -- If You Can Get It
• Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
• Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
• Type of Medicare Could Influence Cancer Patients' Outcomes
• U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID Vaccine That Fights All Variants
• U.S. Effort to Fight HIV Worldwide Has Brought Lifesaving Treatment to Millions
• U.S. Government Extends Baby Formula Waivers, Rebates for WIC Families
• U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
• U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations
• U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
• U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Challenge to Affordable Care Act
• U.S. to Fund Study on Safe Drug Injection Sites for Overdose Prevention
• U.S. to Stick With International Travel Restrictions
• U.S. to Tighten Control of PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water
• U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
• U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
• US to Allow Medicaid to Pay for Drug Treatment in Prisons
• USDA Gets Tough on Salmonella in Breaded Chicken Products
• Vaccination Mandate for Federal Workers Reinstated by Appeals Court
• Voters in 4 States Move to Safeguard Abortion Rights
• Web Searches for Abortion-Linked Terms Soared After Roe v. Wade Overturned
• What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
• What Do Bans on Abortion Mean for People Using IVF?
• What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
• When Adults Sign Up for Medicaid, Kids Can Benefit
• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
• When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds
• When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
• White House Announces COVID Vaccination Plan for Young Kids
• White House Launches Website for Free Home COVID Tests One Day Ahead of Schedule
• WHO Slams COVID-19 Booster Shots in Wealthy Nations
• Who's Most Likely to Refuse a COVID Vaccine?
• Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021
• Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
• Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000
• Young Republicans Much Less Likely to Wear Masks, Social Distance: Study