Some hospitals and physician groups are rejecting Medicare Advantage plans over payment rates and coverage restrictions, ...

Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million ...

Water tests show nearly 3,000 private wells located near 63 active and former U.S. military bases are contaminated with ...

Candidates see former President Donald Trump’s embrace of his administration’s covid-19 vaccine policies as an opportunity to ...

President Joe Biden's re-election campaign is leaning into President Donald Trump's pledge to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act if voted back into the White House, enlisting former House ...

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The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee heard from health care professionals on the frontlines of the gun crisis during a hearing Tuesday. Democrats on the panel argued that violence levels should be ...

The CDC says nearly 50,000 lives were lost in 2022 through intentional self-harm — up 3% from 2021's figure. The CDC data is provisional, too, and the final count may rise.

U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022 for the first time since the covid pandemic started, according to new CDC data. That rebound does not compensate though for the years of life lost to the virus, as ...

A brisk walk can deliver the greatest benefit — around 87 steps per minute for men and 100 steps per minute for women — according to the new analysis. Separate research focuses on the impact of ...

Although Veterans Day is firmly in the rear view, the difficult and critical work of offering veterans relief from their trauma remains a daily challenge. Reducing post-traumatic stress among military ...