Medicare's new authority to negotiate lower prescription drug prices represents a signature accomplishment of the Biden-Harris administration. Here's what to know as the first set of talks wraps up.
The "Dusseldorf patient" spoke at last week's AIDS 2024 conference in Munich. Here's what doctors did — and what they say about their ability to replicate the procedure.
In the U.S., there are about 500 accredited geriatric emergency departments, designed to be less dangerous, less stressful places for older adults to get care.
Photojournalist Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show how ordinary people around the world are affected by the consequences of a changing climate.
Early in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other threats to memory and thinking.
As hazy air from fires out West wafts across the country, some people are at higher risk of health problems, including children, older people and those with lung conditions. Here's how to stay safe.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement Friday. There are 34 cases of Listeria from deli meat across 13 states, including two people who died of Thursday, according to the CDC.
Metro Atlanta patients on Medicare living with dementia may now access an alternative payment model that aims to increase quality of life, help them remain in their homes for as long as possible, and decrease strain on unpaid caregivers, through a collaboration with Emory Integrated Memory Care and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The head of a new commission tasked with recommending improvements to Georgia's Medicaid program says she does not see a single solution for the issues facing low-income and uninsured state residents.
An emergency coordinator from Doctors Without Borders has seen crises around the world but says she's never seen anything like this. A new report from the aid group underscores her assessment.
