As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won’t be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.

Rural voters rank the cost of living and cost of healthcare as top issues they want to hear about from midterm candidates as they face a tightening pocketbook pinch.

Brain cancer” or “H4 G34-mutant”? As knowledge about genetics advances, some doctors say cancers should be defined by their mutations, not the tissues where they manifest.

BOISE, Idaho — Joshua and Ashley Durham run a family medicine practice, and for the first time in their lives, they have no health insurance. This story also ran on The Washington Post. It can be ...

An experiment to provide meals to some Medicaid recipients shows food can be cost-effective medicine. But even as federal officials tout the power of nutrition, Medicaid budget cuts could lead states ...

Native Hawaiians will have to comply with the new work requirements in President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful ...

California is crafting weaker heat protections for prisons than other workplaces, citing billions in costs to cool aging ...

Not all older people need benzodiazepines, antibiotics, or daily aspirin — and taking them can carry increased risks.

According to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, 60% of uninsured adults under 65 have medical debt, as well as 40% of adults with insurance. An estimated 15% of all U.S. adults between ages 19 and 64 ...

Children in immigrant families are facing health threats from President Donald Trump’s policies: separation from parents ...

The president says we're "going to see a massive reduction in autism" if children are given more doses. But José Romero, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ infectious-diseases committee, ...

President Donald Trump plans to create a panel that would have veto authority over National Institutes of Health awards that do not align with the administration's policy priorities, insiders said.