Kennedy appeared at a House appropriations hearing Wednesday to defend the White House’s requested budget for his agency.

People who work too hard and for too long can end up altering parts of their brains that manage memory and problem solving, new research suggests.A team of South Korean researchers said that their ...

IN WASHINGTON, I'M JACKIE DEFUSCO BOTH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD VERMONT AND M-V-P HEALTHCARE HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PREMIUM ...

Hypertension in adolescents (aged 10–19 years) and young adults is becoming a major global health issue, largely due to ...

The cost-cutting bill in Congress, and the commonwealth's newly passed Medicaid oversight law, House Bill 695, puts 1.5 million Kentuckians enrolled in the program at-risk of being uninsured, ...

On May 11, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a detailed legislative text and a section-by-section summary of a ...

The basic lack of transparency around health care costs has long contributed to wasteful spending and inefficient care ...

UnitedHealth Group shares slid after the largest U.S. health insurer by enrollees said Chairman Stephen Hemsley will return to running the healthcare giant he helped build, succeeding Chief Executive ...

Plans by congressional Republicans to trim billions from Medicaid and introduce work requirements could destabilize hospitals ...

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

Americans pay significantly more for prescription medications, with branded drugs in the U.S. costing about three times more ...