A whooping cough and measles outbreak prompted lawmakers to require parents to personally meet with health officials before a waiver can be granted.
As more people are reaching triple digits, figuring out the mysteries of longevity has taken on new importance among researchers.
Spending on direct-to-consumer drug commercials grew 62 percent since 2012, even as ad spending for most other product types was flat.
For years, congressional Democrats have tried to pass legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices for millions of beneficiaries. Now, they believe they have a not-so-secret weapon: President Donald Trump.
The Central Valley — a vast agricultural and mostly low-income swath of California — has seen an unprecedented spike in congenital syphilis over the last few years.
One way to lower premiums: high-risk insurance pools for people with health problems. But critics say even successful high-risk pools were very expensive.
Mental health professionals around the country report a stream of patients coming in with "post-election stress disorder" -- the unofficial name for anxiety and depression related to the blast of daily news on the new administration.
The change comes as addiction to opioids, which include heavy-duty painkillers and heroin, still sweeps the country.
Low-wage workers with job-based health insurance were significantly more likely than their higher-income colleagues to wind up in the emergency department.
Federal program paid $16 million in first six months of 2016 to counsel 223,000 patients about treatment preferences in their last days.
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