Among the factors are cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, nearsightedness, and farsightedness. An estimated 5% to 19% of U.S. dementia cases were attributable to vision impairment, ...

We can’t survive this big a cut," said public health department chief Barbara Ferrer. Other states making news: Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, and Ohio.

The Trump administration plans to use Title X funds previously allocated for providing birth control to low-income patients to instead teach women about alternative approaches to infertility.

An estimated 53 drugs would not enter the market in the next 30 years if the NIH is hit with a permanent 10% budget cut and the FDA experiences a nine-month drug review delay due to staffing cuts, the ...

Reducing redundancy and improving hospital compliance are among the goals. Other industry news is on health system purchases of physician practices, insurance claim denials, and more.

The increased use of a type of organ removal called donation after circulatory death has led to a rise in disturbing transplant stories. This method allows doctors to make a judgement call that ...

Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with ...

State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

Consumers face both rising premiums and falling subsidies next year in Obamacare plans, with insurers seeking increases to ...

For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals.

Retired service members donated genetic material to help answer health questions for not only others in the military but all Americans, creating one of the largest repositories of health data in the ...