Health Care

192 Stories

Washington state plans to destroy 30,000 expiring abortion pills

Washington state is preparing to destroy much of its abortion pill stockpile as 30,000 doses are set to expire at the end of January.
- Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Massachusetts makes progress on regional health care coalition

The Boston Globe's Jason Laughlin explains how Massachusetts and other states are forming independent healthcare coalitions to fill in the gap on healthcare policy left by sweeping federal changes.
- Sarah Handel
Concerned about federal vaccine policies, states are crafting their own

As federal health agencies change their approach to vaccine policy leaving access for COVID shots uncertain, some states are taking things into their own hands.
- Pien Huang
Seattle’s Fred Hutch marks 50 years of groundbreaking cancer research

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is celebrating a big birthday Friday. The center opened its doors 50 years ago, on Sept. 5, 1975. Since then it has evolved from a scrappy lab doing what some considered risky science into one of the top cancer centers in the world.
- Gabriel Spitzer
Some states running into Medicaid funding dilemma

States are planning for how they'll run leaner Medicaid operations after federal budget cuts. But some states are running into another problem -- they can't legally use their budgets to fill the gap.
- Nick de la Canal
Price increases loom for some people who pay for their own health insurance

People who buy their own health insurance are facing significant price hikes next year as federal tax credits passed by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire in December.
- Selena Simmons-Duffin
How some people who pay for their own health insurance are preparing for price hikes

People who buy their own health insurance are facing significant price hikes next year as federal tax credits passed by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire in December.
- Selena Simmons-Duffin
A look at arguments around Colorado's medical assistance in dying law

As more states adopt laws allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives, some groups representing disabled people are suing to stop them.
- Kevin Beaty
RFK Jr. undermines trust in expertise at Department of Health and Human Services

From firing vaccine experts to cutting off research funding, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undermined trust in expertise at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- A Martínez
How the Trump administration is rolling back access to birth control in the U.S.

Contraception is routine for many Americans – and people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible. But the Trump administration is walking back access for some people.
- Katia Riddle

5 of 20

Health Care

Sponsored