Health Care

Three healthcare benefit consulting firms are forecasting costs to rise 5.4% to 8.5% in 2024.

Laura Barajas bought fish from a grocery store in San Jose and cooked it herself. The next day she was admitted to a local hospital and diagnosed with Vibrio Vulnificus, a bacterial infection.

The Clearblue Menopause Stage Indicator allows women to identify their likely stage of menopause: premenopause, early perimenopause, late perimenopause or postmenopause.

COVID-19 hospitalizations have been steadily increasing since late summer, and RSV already is on the rise in parts of the Southeast.

It’s the first time since the pandemic began that the federal government won’t cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccines.

Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic can slow digestion so much that it puts patients at increased risk for pulmonary aspiration when they're under anesthesia.

Stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that American health care workers are now far more likely to suffer nonfatal injuries by violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement.

Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill will be sold without a prescription and with no age restrictions on sales.

“After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds," the woman's son said. "My mom was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin..."

Providers have had to quickly determine how to comply with the pending laws amid the "decimation of abortion access across the South."

Researchers say they hope the technology could someday be used by anyone who frequently loses things, not just those with dementia.

Unexpected manufacturing problems, demand spikes, and tightened ingredient supply lines have all contributed to the shortages, experts say.