California Mental Health Agency Director To Resign Following Conflict of Interest Allegations

California’s mental health commission on Thursday announced its executive director would resign amid revelations that he traveled to the U....

Presidential Election Puts Affordable Care Act Back in the Bull’s-Eye

Health care is suddenly front and center in the final sprint to the presidential election, and the outcome will shape the Affordable Care Ac...

Exclusive: Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu

Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because ...

Long-Term Care Facilities Must Provide Addiction Care, Advocates Say

When you think about the opioid crisis, the image of adults in their 20s, 30s, even sometimes those who are middle-aged, may come to mind. R...

PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.

CUTHBERT, Ga. — While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions on a hot summer day, some stopped in for coffee, ice ...

A California Official Helped Save a Mental Health Company’s Contract. It Flew Him to London.

The director of California’s mental health commission traveled to London this summer courtesy of a state vendor while he was helping to prev...

Can You Rely on Your Mammogram To Identify Heart Disease Risk?

Jackie Fortiér reported the audio story. When people check in for their annual mammogram these days, some may face a surprising question: I...