The National Indian Health Board has urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to declare a public health emergency as an alarming syphilis outbreak, which disproportionately affects ...

Victims of the opioid crisis, health advocates, and public policy experts have repeatedly called on state and local governments to transparently report how they’re using the funds they are receiving ...

Voters in 10 states weighed in on abortion rights this election. Despite the results supporting abortion rights in seven of ...

Community health workers are increasingly common in rural areas, where they help patients overcome barriers to accessing care ...

Attorney General Rob Bonta, a longtime champion of reproductive rights, is ready to lead California in the fight to protect abortion under Trump’s second presidency. In a Q&A, he shares how his ...

Health care has ebbed and surged as an election issue throughout the presidential campaign. Here are the ways some of the ...

Democrats and conservatives are divided over whether the federal health program for people over 65 should be run almost ...

Former President Donald Trump has boasted in recent months about “Right To Try,” a law he signed in 2018. It’s aimed at ...

Prop. 3 Results: California Voters Reaffirm Gay Marriage: By an overwhelming vote, California will enshrine the right to marry into the California Constitution, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Read ...

California this year completed its Medi-Cal expansion to include income-eligible residents regardless of their immigration status. This final installment of the “Faces of Medi-Cal” series profiles ...

President-elect Donald Trump prepares to deliver his victory speech at an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump’s election ...

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, ...