Arriving in the isolation ward of a biocontainment hospital is an unsettling, scary experience. In 2014, I spent 19 days in ...
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary ...
Hospitals and health systems need to loosen the reins and let physicians combat social media misinformation, writes Adam ...
Vice President JD Vance announced a $1.3 billion deferral in Medicaid reimbursements to California, as part of an initiative ...
Young people and women are particularly vulnerable to MetALD, a dangerous merging of metabolic disease and alcohol use.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will pause the enrollment of new hospice and home health providers.
Despite rising concern about the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, two CDC doctors say the risk to the public remains low ...
Several hospitals have received federal grand jury subpoenas regarding gender-affirming care for minors, suggesting a ...
A study finds the rise in U.S. obesity rates have hit a plateau in children but are still climbing for adults, and are still ...
I’ll be in San Francisco May 18 – 20 for the STAT Breakthrough West Summit. Even if you can’t make it to our very cool event, ...
Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other ...
Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...