The Latest Breaking News from Health Care

Exclusive: New and expectant mothers left to ‘suffer in silence’ as demand outstrips supply

The use of systems to analyze opioid-prescribing data has sparked questions over whether they harm patients

A proposal to establish the biggest student mental health program in the country contains a paradox. With teens' mental health struggles partly fueled by screens, is teletherapy the right tool?

Nutrition essential for body to recuperate; RATIONS trial by Anurag Bhargava et al studies effect of food basket & micronutrients on TB recovery. Sub-optimal diet a risk factor for non-communicable diseases; food as formal part of patient care & treatment being experimented. WFP initiated nutrition supplements & counselling for PLHIV…

Some investors might be satisfied with a 5% risk-free return. But those who pick S&P 500 stocks well are doing much better than that.

Unions “built the middle class,” the first lady said outside McCormick Place. “And that’s why Joe is fighting for unions, so that workers can fight for what they need: better pay, safer working conditions, flexibility and health care.”

'The failure of the U.S. health care system to support women is incredibly shortsighted.'

Hollywood actors and writers who qualify for their union health plans get a very good deal compared to other Americans. But not working during the strike threatens their eligibility in the system.

Terminally ill or medically incapacitated prisoners can apply for early release. But the Illinois Prisoner Review Board has denied twice as many requests as it OK’d — and seven prisoners died months after their applications were rejected, an Injustice Watch / WBEZ investigation found.