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Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community.
Margaret Hvatum ended up in the hospital after her insurer denied coverage of a medicine she relies on to boost her immune system. Hvatum got entangled in the preapproval process, which the insurance industry has vowed to improve.
Uninsured patients made up about 1 in 4 of the more than 20,000 gunshot wound inpatient hospitalizations in Florida from 2018 to 2024, an analysis of state data by Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and The Trace found. They also had shorter hospital stays than those with any form of coverage.
If your doctor prescribes a GLP-1 medication for weight loss but your insurance wonāt cover it, you have options.
Being a caregiver can start long before you go to a doctor appointment with a loved one or move your parents into your house. The HealthQ team explores how embracing the role matters ā and how the recognition and support that come next can ease a difficult season of life.
What if you canāt afford your prescription? āAn Arm and a Legā listeners share some of their favorite tips and hacks.
Squeezed between their young children and aging parents, the sandwich generation is juggling a lot. Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discusses embracing her identity as a caregiver and which resources are available to Washington, D.C., residents caring for family members.
Amid advancements in treatment and screening, more Americans are surviving the disease. But many are left with psychological scars, such as lingering anxiety and depression.
Four years after the Volunteer State enacted the nationās first law allowing drugstores to sell ivermectin without patient-specific prescriptions, dozens of pharmacies dispense the drug in highly concentrated pills ā many with the help of one anti-vaccine physician.
In the U.S., more than a dozen kinds of cancer are on the rise among people under 50. The HealthQ team shares the latest guidance on being proactive with your family and doctor.
Anxious kids can benefit from counseling, but therapy demands a commitment of money and time. Therapists recommend using three criteria to help determine when challenging behavior rises to the level of needing professional help.
Big cuts to healthcare programs in the 2025 GOP budget law are creating an affordability crunch for many Americans: Higher health insurance premiums. Confusion about who Medicaid will cover under the new rules. Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner explains how the changes could leave nearly 2 million children uninsured.
Immigrant detainees have told courts across the nation that detention officials have failed to treat or stabilize their conditions, from pregnancy to prostate cancer, suggesting that systemic lapses in care extend well beyond record deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for caregiving. But the federal policy has noteworthy limitations. The HealthQ team explains.
Patientsā experiences encapsulate breakdowns in a healthcare system that traps patients in debt. The industryās key players blame one another.
Infectious disease specialists say the viruses are unlikely to become pandemics, but some are still raising concerns about the federal health response and what it portends should a pandemic similar to or worse than covid occur.
The "Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News Minuteā brings original health care and health policy reporting from our newsroom to the airwaves each week.
As immigration authorities carry out President Donald Trumpās promise to conduct whatās billed as the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, several states are passing laws to protect the children of detained immigrants. Guardianship can become complicated when no family or friends are available to take temporary custody.
Podcast host Julie Rovner chats with Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a top Democrat on health issues, about President Donald Trumpās stewardship of federal spending and the effectiveness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Following a recent outbreak of the deadly hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News editor-at-large and infectious disease doctor CĆ©line Gounder spoke to numerous media outlets about the risks from the disease.
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