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Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 minutes with a patient to tease out a diagnosis can be paid less for that time than a dermatologist spending a few seconds squirting a dollop of liquid nitrogen onto the skin.

The uptick was fueled by a combination of opioids, such as fentanyl, as well as stimulants, like methamphetamine.

The president-elect’s choices to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, FDA, and CDC, hold positions on issues including abortion and vaccination that are often at odds.

For a decade, the Justice Department delayed a winning criminal case against Philadelphia-based Endo Health Solutions. That allowed the company to vastly expand its narcotics empire and execute a corporate escape plan.

Tennessee-based firm owned by private equity firms promises to invest at least $75 million in coastal hospital while operating for 30 years

Records show how state medical advisors decided questions around youth transgender care were outweighed by a state law ensuring access

As of early December, Oregon has not had a case in cattle, although in November agriculture officials reported the country's first known case of avian flu in a pig at a Central Oregon farm.

It’s still stable, but according to a prominent ratings agency OHSU’s stability is not looking quite as good

Recently sworn in as a state senator, Dr. Lisa Reynolds wants to address poverty, mental illness and other social challenges she has seen in her medical practice in her 'Momnibus' bill

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy. So a hospital decided to share the power its solar panels generate with patients who needed help with their electricity and gas bills.