Healthcare

Measles vaccine.

US loses measles elimination status amid surge in cases: Report

Claire Carter · November 13, 2026 10:50 pm

Apartment complex in DC

Black mold’s link to fatal DC shooting: What to know

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at an election night event, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Detroit.

Abdul el Sayed teases ‘TrumpCare’ in support of universal healthcare

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Senators launch investigation into RFK Jr. over alleged lies in confirmation testimony

Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator nominee for President Trump, doesn't support turning Medicare into a voucher program, a break from her would-be boss Tom Price. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

Obamacare chief doubts that more money on advertising would increase enrollment

Kimberly Leonard May 1, 2018 7:44 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sits during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

GOP senators ask HHS to overhaul family planning regulations

Robert King May 1, 2018 5:40 pm

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y. listens to a question during a news conference on President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Chuck Schumer: The GOP owns Obamacare’s troubles

Susan Ferrechio May 1, 2018 5:03 pm

In this photo, a mosquito of the species Aedes aegypti sucks blood from a human.

Illnesses from bug bites growing in US

Robert King May 1, 2018 5:01 pm

Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu shot from Sharon Bonadies at the conclusion of a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. "Vaccination is the single most important step everyone 6 months of age and older can take to protect themselves and their families against influenza," said Frieden. Influenza hospitalized a surprisingly high number of young and middle-aged adults last winter, and this time around the government wants more of them vaccinated. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Lethal flu season drives business at for-profit hospital chains

Joe Williams May 1, 2018 4:57 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Paul Ryan: Entitlement reform the policy goal that ‘got away’

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein May 1, 2018 4:03 pm

A woman walks past a sign advertising "Obamacare", Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Miami. The enrollment period for the federal health care law known as "Obamacare" ends at the end of the day Tuesday. The Republican-lead Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law.

The percentage of people without insurance is once again rising: Survey

Robert King May 1, 2018 3:26 pm

An increasing number of people believe e-cigarettes are just as harmful as tobacco cigarettes. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FDA cracks down on e-cigarette products dressed up like candy

Kimberly Leonard May 1, 2018 3:07 pm

A woman holds balloons with photos of Alfie Evans, outside Alder Hey Children's Hospital, following the death of the 23-month old who was being treated at the hospital, in Liverpool, England. The sick British toddler whose parents won support from Pope Francis during a protracted legal battle over his medical treatment, died early Saturday.

Alfie Evans’ case shows that basic English rights are at risk

Noemie Emery May 1, 2018 4:00 am

Congress members soften their approach on addiction

Kimberly Leonard May 1, 2018 12:01 am

Transgender patients sue Wisconsin over refusal to pay for transition surgery

Kimberly Leonard April 30, 2018 7:22 pm

CDC director requests pay cut after outcry

Robert King April 30, 2018 7:04 pm