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He tested robotic hands on a heart surgery patient and chewed on microgreens in Ohio, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. couldnāt dodge questions about the Trump administrationās more controversial policies.
For years, the Department of Health and Human Services built standards to make sure electronic health records were user-friendly and offered transparent advice to doctors. Now theyāre relaxing those standards, and doctors and critics in the hospital industry are worried.
Decades of research indicate that interventions that bring down peopleās cost of living, such as ensuring they have access to stable housing and food, are linked to lower suicide rates.
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The Trump administration is seeking unprecedented access to medical records of federal workers and retirees, and their families. The data could be used to implement cost-saving measures, but it would also give the administration access to reams of personal information. Legal experts and insurers say the pursuit is overbroad.
The new TrumpRx program relies partly on connecting consumers with discount coupons offered by drugmakers. For insured patients, though, using a coupon can prove dicey.
For all of President Donald Trumpās showmanship, the share of Americans his policies will likely help remains slim, even if some patients do come out ahead.
The White Houseās strategy for tackling the drug and addiction crisis, released this week, sets lofty public health goals but highlights deep inconsistencies with the administrationās own funding cuts and other policies.
Hundreds of hospitals nationwide are bracing for Medicaid cuts as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Some state lawmakers are eyeing loans and other forms of financial aid to distressed hospitals in rural and urban areas, as healthcare providers warn of cuts to critical services and scramble for funding.
The backlash was immediate after the Trump administration served notice that hospitals and nursing homes should limit sugary drinks and dietary supplements in favor of what the Department of Health and Human Services terms āreal food.ā
A federal agency has dramatically slowed its review of visa waiver applications that allow international physicians completing U.S. training programs to stay in the country to work in underserved areas. The delay may send hundreds of doctors back to their home countries.
Using Hurricane Helene as a teachable moment, a group of doctors outlined concrete steps that lawmakers can take to reverse a crisis in getting substance use medications during natural disasters.
Someone in America dies by suicide every 11 minutes. Itās a tragic and entrenched problem. A new approach to prevention shifts the focus from stopping harm in moments of crisis to upstream policies that give people reasons to live.
On May 1, the state will become the first to require people on the government health program to fulfill a work requirement or lose their coverage under a new rule that was a key part of congressional Republicansā One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.
The costs of posttreatment care are forcing cancer survivors to make tough choices. GOP proposals to bring down health insurance costs wonāt help people who need constant care and monitoring, health policy researchers and patient advocates say.
Montana health officials say theyāre seeking to add doula services to the stateās Medicaid program, reversing a previous statement that they would ānot be moving forwardā amid a budget shortfall.
After Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News reported that the Trump administration is seeking federal workersā medical records, Democratic lawmakers are insisting that the Office of Personnel Management drop its request.
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch over their performance but deny responsibility for bad care.
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