The New York Times reports that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described the lawsuit as the state’s first enforcement action under a 2023 state law. Other news from around the nation comes from New ...

Although a panel of Tennessee judges agrees that providers can't be punished in the professional realm, they noted physicians still may face criminal charges. Meanwhile, a federal judge clamped down ...

Researchers examine the cause and effect of the viral infection on the brain. In other mental health news, 988 crisis hotline callers will now be directed to nearby call centers.

The CDC released data Thursday that shows teen smoking and using at least one tobacco product — such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches and hookahs — fell to the lowest level since ...

NPR reports that the FDA is not including one of the strains of flu — B/Yamagata — in this year's recipe because covid prevention initiatives appear to have pushed it into oblivion. Meanwhile, ...

Could these medications — collectively known as GLP-1 receptor agonists — also fight America’s most difficult drug problems? (Maia Szalavitz, 10/18) The Boston Globe: New Weight Loss Drugs Raise ...

Donald Berwick, who ran Medicare during the Obama administration, says Medicare Advantage plans run by private insurers need a lot more regulation. He suggests a two-pronged system fix that would take ...

CVS announced Friday that CEO Karen Lynch will be replaced by David Joyner, as consumer spending drops at the company's retail pharmacies and Aetna, its insurance unit, faces higher medical costs.

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on euthanasia, C. elegans, starch, an interview with Robert Califf, and more. AP: Committee Reviewing ...

A Massachusetts woman ended up stranded in the hospital because CVS stopped providing the IV nutrition she needs to survive ...

Flooding wrought by Hurricane Helene devastated communities around Asheville, North Carolina. A host of government programs ...

This legislative cycle, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills affirming reproductive rights and mandating insurance coverage of in ...