The Latest Breaking News from Health Care

The prime minister has insisted lower power prices are helping to ease cost of living pressures, as economic issues take centre stage.

The prime minister says premiers won’t take directions on how to fix problems in hospitals but the federal government is increasing health funding.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care.

The federal election campaign sees Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese march in a Labour Day Parade in Brisbane while Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends an Eid service in Sydney.

An aged care nurse who was out of his depth failed to get help when a routine procedure went awry, the Health Care Complaints Commission has found.

The Coalition is promising to spend $70 million over four years to give an extra 50,000 older Australians access to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card. Labor says it will match the commitment.

The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging a recently enacted Alabama law that criminalizes certain forms of medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender youth.The department is also asking the court to issue an immediate order to prevent the law from going into effect on May 8.

The Catholic hospital system that runs Franciscan Health Hammond closed Franciscan St. James Health in Chicago Heights in 2018, also citing low demand for inpatient care even as it’s built new hospitals in wealthier suburbs.

The hulking Hickory Hollow Mall — a full 1.1 million square feet of retail space in southeastern Nashville — was once the largest shopping center in Tennessee. But like many malls, it’s been in a downward death spiral for more than a decade.

Rising out-of-pocket costs for health care is an important issue the major parties have not yet substantially addressed during the election campaign.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is still offering free COVID-19 testing to uninsured residents even though the federal government ran out of money to pay for it.