Policy/Biz Stories
Healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by Dr. Thomas Frieden that a “protocol breach” caused a nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient
At the American Academy of Pediatricians' annual conference, two pediatricians will debate the effects of touchscreen technology on the development of young children.
Paying your doctor to do better is a gamble patients may be better off not taking.
A published op-ed argues in favor of removing the barriers to pedophiles seeking help, but the very nature of the disorder and the crimes it inspires may not allow for such a dispassionate solution to the problem.
A new study conducted by members of the Harvard School of Public Health reveals that a large majority of low-income adult Americans support the expansion of Medicaid coverage.
A new study has revealed what many have already suspected: Restaurant workers experience more sexual harassment than workers in any other industry, and it's tipping that may be to blame.
This week marks the beginning of hydrocodone's move to the more restrictive schedule 2 drug classification, which the DEA hopes will help curb the high rates of prescription drug abuse.
President Barack Obama said on Monday that the government would develop expanded screening of airline passengers for Ebola.
The WHO's expert advisor on addiction combed through 20 years of data surrounding the mental and physical effects on marijuana use.
A New Jersey ultrasound gel manufacturer has been selling contaminated products that have led to infections in Michigan, according to the FDA. The federal agency sought to shut down the company this week.
A federal court ruled that Texas could enforce restrictions on abortion clinics that critics of the new rules say will force all but seven facilities in the state to shut down.
A stroke can cause major brain damage. But in far too many cases, doctors say, hospitals aren't giving patients recovery treatment that can prevent long-term effects.