By DAVID INTROCASO The Problem From an anthropocentric perspective, the climate crisis is fundamentally a threat to human health and survival.  The US healthcare industry significantly contributes to this threat. US healthcare’s Contin…

By FRANK LEAHY This is the second of two pieces. The first told the story of “Rick,” a 77-year-old Humana Medicare Advantage member who nearly lost his sight in a months-long runaround Continue reading... By FRANK LEAHY This is the second o…

By MIKE MAGEE The world of medical science largely closed ranks last month in defense of Tony Fauci. Dr. Fauci had been hauled before the Senate Homeland Security Committee to face hostile Continue reading... By MIKE MAGEE The world of medi…

Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.

Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.

Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, joined together to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county. TROY, N.Y. — Like many residents of this aging industrial city on the Hu…

A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin music artists, even as shifting marketplace conditions make the program a more expensive proposition. It’s becoming a model for other citie…

Senate and House Democrats say the Trump administration’s plan to collect patients’ medical data violates privacy and will discourage people from seeking medical care. A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration …

As a federal appeals court considers Louisiana's lawsuit to end telehealth abortion access, a longtime OB-GYN in Arizona explains how telehealth works in his clinic. As a federal appeals court considers Louisiana's lawsuit to end telehealth…

As more rural hospitals shut down maternity wards, one hospital in Minnesota has a survival strategy that could spur others to imitate it. As more rural hospitals shut down maternity wards, one hospital in Minnesota has a survival strategy …

Many California countertop workers diagnosed with silicosis from engineered stone are struggling to obtain workers' compensation benefits as insurers deny claims. Many California countertop workers diagnosed with silicosis from engineered s…