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

Three women and two doctors are suing Kansas over a law that nullifies a person’s decisions about end-of-life care if they are pregnant in what appears to be the first such lawsuit since the ...

The FBI is soliciting public assistance to identify healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care to transgender youth, ...

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

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has spoken out about possible cuts to Medicaid if congressional Republicans make changes to the public health insurance program.

Gov. Bob Ferguson on May 22 warned that the U.S. Congress’ proposed Medicaid cuts would jeopardize health-care access for ...

Provisions buried in a bill Washington lawmakers approved early Thursday would strip gender-affirming care for transgender ...

In Chicago, one-time COVID grants made up 51% of the health department budget, and their ending will push staff numbers below the pre-pandemic level of 588 — slowing responses to outbreaks and forcing ...

CARSON CITY — The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday considered Assembly Bill 461, legislation aimed at reinforcing the validity of advance health-care directives and improving ...

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

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 ...

“Medicaid is robbing the poorest Americans,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pronouncement at his Senate confirmation hearing this January doubled down on the idea that our country’s largest public health ...