Health

Five governors press Congress for fast bucks to secure Obamacare market in 2018

By Julie Rovner and Rachel Bluth, Associated Press

State leaders tell senators that federal dollars are needed this fall to keep insurers participating in Obamacare next year and prevent big hikes in premiums.

seventysomething: When it's time to stop fixing life's holes

By Susie Kaufman

Deep listening is often the palliative that people are wanting and not getting.

Twitter chat: Why suicide rates are on the rise, especially among teen girls

By Lora Strum

The suicide rate among teen girls doubled from 2007-2015, reaching a 40-year high according to new analysis from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. What are the risk factors and what can parents and educators do to support teens?…

WATCH LIVE: Senate health committee holds first hearing on stabilizing Obamacare

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Both parties must give ground to craft a compromise bill shoring up the nation's individual health insurance markets or they'll be blamed for hurting millions of consumers, the chairman of the Senate health committee said Wednesday.

St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients

By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News

The vaccine research has sparked controversy because the lead investigator did not rely on traditional U.S. safety oversight while testing the vaccine.

Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long?

By Bob Tedeschi, STAT

Experts say doctors who counsel immunotherapy and hold onto hopes for remission are postponing conversations about palliative care and end-of-life wishes.

GOP ability to dismantle health law expires at month's end

By Associated Press

Senate Republicans will soon run out of time to rely on the barest of their majority to dismantle the Obama health law.

After Harvey, telemedicine connects doctors to displaced patients

By Leah Samuel, STAT

Getting thousands of Houston-area families to shelters has been a massive humanitarian effort. But the aid doesn't end there: Many of the displaced have chronic medical conditions like asthma or injuries from recent days that need medical attention. Providers of…

This bipartisan health care plan could stabilize markets, two governors say

By Associated Press

The recommendation is part of a compromise plan that's designed to be palatable to both parties. It was endorsed by six other governors.

How to find critical medical care if you're a hurricane survivor

By Laura Santhanam

Health care providers around Houston and across Texas cobble together resources for patients of cancer and other chronic illnesses who have been displaced after Hurricane Harvey.