Alabama is also among the five states with the highest infant mortality rates, fewest midwives/OBGYNs per capita, and fewest pediatrians/family doctors per capita.

Humes, practicing medicine in rural Missouri is a way of life. She's on call almost constantly in northeast Missouri's Scotland County, where she cares for patients from their birth until their death.

The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects ...

About 90,000 people spent months in limbo as central Missouri's major medical provider fought over insurance contracts. These disputes between insurers and hospitals are a recurring problem.

In dozens of interviews, young adults describe the unsettling or devastating consequences of having inadequate insurance or none at all.

Discover the benefits and costs of high-deductible health plans, their 2024 and 2025 deductible limits, and who should ...

Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year.

A research group has projected future healthcare impacts in South Dakota by the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill.

Research from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the U.S. trails several other wealthy nations when it comes to health care.

Public health officials in Texas were met with little to no response from CDC officials when they first reported a measles ...