Posts in category Health

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s push to cover America’s uninsured faces another big test Monday. This time, it’s not only how the website …

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE CONCORD, N.H. — The past year saw New Hampshire’s Legislature expand Medicaid, fund road and bridge repairs and settle two lawsuits related to …

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same — with the hope of curing their own disease. …

No matter if you choose to believe it or not, our world is changing. This is not an attempt to sway your opinion of why …

By KILEY ARMSTRONG NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors, nurses and others fighting Ebola through “tireless acts of courage and mercy” have been named Time’s 2014 Person …

By CHARLES BABINGTON   WASHINGTON (AP) — An economist who advised the Obama administration on health care is apologizing to Congress for his “thoughtless” remarks that …

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare’s “Extra Help” program helps people with limited income pay for their prescription medications Making ends meet should not …

We were sitting, transfixed on the television like so many in the country. Seated faithfully as if in the pews on Sunday morning. Left to …

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Health Ministry says that while HIV remains stable the rate of infection is growing among young people and homosexuals at …

By JAKE PEARSON NEW YORK — The New York City mayor wants to spend $130 million over four years to overhaul how the nation’s most populous …