Proposed cuts to Medicaid could harm health care provided in rural northeastern Washington, a group of medical leaders warned in a forum last week.

Involuntary mental health commitment gets at one of society’s most delicate questions. Here's what patients, families and ...

A Kansas state law that revokes a person’s decisions about end-of-life care if they are pregnant is now being challenged in court. Three women, one of whom is currently pregnant, and two doctors ...

HELENA - The Missoula-based Choices Bank has merged with the state's online advance health care directive service to create a single registry for Montana citizens. The merger was announced ...

The Washington State Department of Health opened its investigation after a 12-year-old girl committed suicide while under ...

When a small Catholic hospital in California refused to provide an abortion that would end her miscarriage, Anna Nusslock felt her rights were being violated. Nusslock and California Attorney ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday warned that the U.S. Congress’ proposed Medicaid cuts would jeopardize health-care access for ...

Civil rights advocates are planning a protest Friday against UPMC and Penn State Health's decision ... seek gender-affirming care. “Pursuant to the President’s directive, I am issuing the ...

But budget cuts in Washington threaten to thwart ... Their most likely target is Medicaid, the state-federal partnership that provides health care for 1.8 million Virginians, roughly 750,000 ...

A person making an advance health care directive may alter ... although it is not required by law. Although Washington state law does not require advance directives to include the pregnancy ...

NaphCare Inc., which operates in 49 states, has been handed two multimillion-dollar lawsuits related to inmate care in recent years. A Washington state man’s leg amputation has led to a massive ...