Health Care

A study of births in New Jersey reveals a troubling disparity between unscheduled C-sections for Black people.

Focusing on size in health care might be doing more harm than good.

The new Trump administration is likely to reduce subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans and roll back Medicaid coverage. Public health authorities worry that antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will be empowered

Harris recently proposed a Medicare plan that would cover at-home health aides and other long-term care services, which could provide much needed relief to older adults and caregivers

Damage from Hurricane Helene forced the only abortion clinic in western North Carolina to shutter, disrupting health care for pregnant people across a large region

An epidemiologist explores a troubling rise in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses and discusses the potential link to chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors.

Hurricane Helene devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 people nationally

New formulas, devices and tools are removing historical bias from medical diagnoses

Some of the most inventive changes to health care have started in rural communities around the world

Health experts share what gives them hope for improving health for all

Both Trump and Harris pledge to make drug prices affordable and health care accessible. Here’s how their policies differ

The presidential candidates have vastly divergent records on and plans for protecting access to reproductive health care, including abortion and IVF