Globally, an estimated 300 million people live with a rare disease. They typically experience isolation, diagnostic difficulties, lack of therapies, fragmented care, stigma, a struggle for recognition ...

Native Californian medical students are reclaiming healthcare for their communities — one pipeline program at a time — as AI/AN life expectancy sits nearly a decade below the national average.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was appointed to the role last week, has offered to publicly endorse vaccination, in particular the ...

We do not need a new scientific breakthrough to stop measles. We need to rebuild trust in resources and make a commitment to truth.

After the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.

There are big issues in the deals the United States is pursuing with African countries that govern how U.S. global health ...

And, in many cases that’s true, with some seniors spending tens of thousands of dollars on home modifications. Consider that it costs, on average, about $8,000 to install a stair lift and roughly $18, ...

Vaccines were a major topic during Dr. Casey Means' confirmation hearing. Here's what the surgeon general nominee said.

The nominee for surgeon general kept her most eccentric wellness beliefs largely in check at her confirmation hearing.

A slow but significant change has occurred in how healthcare professionals and organizations are expected to respond when something has gone wrong in a patient’s care. In 2001, the US accreditation ...