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There’s a serious doctor shortage in the United States and the problem is set to get worse if medical schools don't increase the number of physicians they…

Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, have been on the rise for years. But the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted public health efforts to address the…

Now that summer is over and temperatures are dipping across the Midwest, people are headed indoors, some experts fear the already striking rise in cases…

Some physicians can be in-network when working at one office but not when they are at another. Or they may belong to a medical group that is affiliated with your plan, but they don't participate.

Faced with a computer program, adults with depression were generally "unwilling to engage" in a recent British study. Depressed patients preferred to…

A stretch of Massachusetts Avenue called the, "Methadone Mile," is the epicenter of the opioid epidemic in Boston. WBUR's CommonHealth reports a nonprofit…

The Supreme Court struck down key aspects of a Texas abortion law Monday, casting doubt on similar laws in nearly two dozen states.At issue in the court’s…

NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a poll in March and early April to find out how stress is affecting people in the U.S. Here's what we found.

Darvin Bentlage says his health insurance plan used to be the same as all the other cattle farmers in Barton County, Mo.: Stay healthy until he turned 65,…

Almost 80 rural hospitals have closed across the country since 2010, and nearly 700 more are at risk of closing. These hospitals serve a largely older,…