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Dr. Thomas Frieden visits West Africa this week to assess the fight against Ebola. His goal? Figure out how to keep the disease from turning into a permanent problem.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Trump were unable to corral the votes necessary to replace the Affordable Care Act after seven years of promises to do so. Facing defeat, they pulled the bill.

As Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell works to drum up votes for his health care bill in Congress, people in his home state worry about what they could lose…

Health insurers are trying to spark a price war by refusing to pay for some brand-name medications unless they get a big discount. This forces some people to change their prescriptions.

As doctors and nurses learn more about what the body goes through during drug use, they are changing the treatment they provide for patients on heroin and other drugs.

A new initiative is working to create a data dashboard that almost any city could use to get a handle on the health of its citizens. City-level health…

This story has been updated on March 7, 2017.Missouri State Senator David Sater is looking for ways to reduce the amount of money his state spends on…

Indiana’s Medicaid program got an update on Feb. 2 when the federal government approved a new version of the Healthy Indiana Plan.The new changes became…

The Trump administration's plan to force some Medicaid recipients to work to maintain benefits took another hit Wednesday when a U.S. district judge blocked such work rules in Kentucky and Arkansas.

Two decades ago, Jim Nace was a national ice cream salesman, on cross-country flights 20 days a month. He was on top of the world.“I had a great…