The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports.
A cadre of Johns Hopkins nurses are adapting a model for primary care that's been successful in Costa Rica. They will visit every household in a Baltimore community to assess health care and social needs at least once a year.
Multiple federal and state government agencies count the number of deaths from extreme floods, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes. They don't always agree on which deaths should be counted.
Once called Nantucket fever, the tick-borne illness babesios is spreading from the Northeast into the Midwest. A clinical trial starts this month to see if an anti- malaria drug can treat the disease.
FDA advisers are set to review an Alzheimer's drug found to slow the disease's progress in patients in the early stages. The big questions are about how the drug should be marketed.
The recreational sale and use of marijuana for adults could begin this summer on lands held by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina.
Early adolescence is a time when kids are becoming more independent and spending more time on social media. When it comes to curbing screen time in this age group, new research suggests some parental strategies work better than others.