Health

Many hospitals in the United States use aggressive tactics to collect medical debt. They flood local courts with collections lawsuits. They garnish patients’ wages. They seize their tax refunds.But a wealthy nonprofit...

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court granted members of the billionaire Sackler family a legal golden key that they had been seeking for nearly four years: The Sacklers will be shielded from...

People who showed up to their restaurant jobs while sick were linked to 40 percent of food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause from 2017 to 2019, the Centers for Disease Control...

The NewsWalmart, the nation’s largest private employer, said on Wednesday that it was increasing the wages for 7,700 of its pharmacists and opticians, as it expands its health business and seeks to...

Why It Matters: Poverty is a big killer.In 2019, more than 8 percent of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than $2.15 per day, and about half the...

El bebé de Sherri Willis-Prater tenía dos meses de nacido y ella estaba a punto de regresar a trabajar en la cafetería de una escuela de Chicago. Pero cuando una noche subió...

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced entrepreneur who was convicted of defrauding investors at her failed blood testing start-up, Theranos, reported to a federal prison in Texas on Tuesday to begin her 11-year, three-month...

Despite the high hopes for the new tests, there are many questions.Some critics say that a focus on treating younger people is misplaced because they may not comply with taking a statin...

In the quest for optimal health, the Mediterranean diet has long been celebrated for its numerous benefits. Recent developments have shed light on the connection between the Mediterranean diet and immune system...

After a woman gives birth, the baby’s well-being usually becomes the focus of family attention, and the mother’s health often recedes as a priority. Many busy new mothers don’t make it to...