health care

About 30,000 fewer Americans die each year from street drugs. Survivors in one of the most drug-scarred cities say their community is trying to help, but the safety net feels dangerously thin.

Indiana lawmakers want to address Medicaid spending by overhauling the state’s Medicaid expansion program. However, testimony and discussion so far has included misinformation and misleading information on the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. Medicaid experts and advocates break down the facts about the state and federal program.

The Kentucky Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in a resident who attended a fitness center in Frankfort on Monday while infectious.

Hoosiers have an estimated $2.2 billion of medical debt in collections — with even more on payment plans and credit cards. A proposal to introduce consumer protections against medical debt failed to advance in the Senate.

With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and isolated cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is the best protection. And not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

Indiana lawmakers want to address rising Medicaid costs in the state budget by overhauling the state’s Medicaid expansion program.

Humans have been eating yogurt for millennia. Ancient texts reference its health-promoting properties. Now a new study finds yogurt may reduce the risk of certain types of colon cancer.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary five years after the start of a global pandemic.

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy at 75.

It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.