The health care industry is among the most carbon-intensive service sectors in the industrialized world. 1 It is responsible for 4.4–4.6 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and similar ...

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. WASHINGTON — The House ...

After lagging the S&P 500 Index in each of the past three calendar years, health care stocks have outperformed the benchmark handily since the start of 2025, albeit with a slim loss. The S&P 500 ...

Several health systems were honored at the recent 42nd Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards. The winners, revealed in May by Health Care Marketing Report, were chosen by a panel of judges based on ...

The cyberattack began on Feb. 21 against Change Healthcare, which is a health care technology company that is part of Optum and owned by UnitedHealth Group, according to the American Hospital ...

A provision in House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” passed Thursday would ban Medicaid from covering gender-affirming health care for transgender people of all ages, a last-minute ...

IF YOU CAN’T DO THAT YOURSELF. WHEN BAILEY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM MIAMI TO MASS GENERAL IN BOSTON WITHOUT A HEALTH CARE PROXY, HER FAMILY HIT THE SAME LEGAL WALL. IT WAS REALLY ADDING SALT TO THE ...

Hospital and Meritas Health have united as one brand: NKC Health. Four things to know: 1. The move aims to improve care coordination and the patient experience and bolster the organization’s position ...

“This is the next attack in their assault on the health care of transgender people, and they won’t stop here,” said Tyler Hack, executive director of the Christopher Street Project, a ...

Health care is the discipline concerned with the provision and delivery of health services to a patient population by personnel in professional and allied health occupations. Neurological ...

Imagine it’s the middle of the night, and your child is seriously ill. You rush to the hospital, bracing for mountains of paperwork, long waits, and an overburdened staff. Instead, you meet a ...

Utah health care experts concluded, in a more than 1,000-page report, “Overall, there were positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes” as a result of gender-affirming care.