Deaths and disease linked to air pollution have dropped across the United States over the past few decades, but not all communities are equally reaping the benefits.

Sudden cardiac arrest survival rates are low, but those who make it are often faced with severe health consequences that can last a lifetime.

A new bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion government health care mess. Will it make care better for some of the country's sickest, poorest patients?

Most adults with substance use disorders start as teenagers, studies show. That's when school prevention efforts should step in but many fall short.

With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients.

A proposal by Indiana Medicaid officials would drastically cut payments that thousands of families of people with disabilities relied on. State officials say it's necessary to curb ballooning utilization and plug a huge budget gap. But some families worry the changes could lead to them losing their jobs or even their homes.

The report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found a growing number of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies.

At a time when many rural hospitals continue to make the tough choice to shutter their obstetrics units and stop delivering babies, some have found ways to make their units survive and, sometimes, even thrive.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack sent out a letter to the governors of 44 states that are not meeting federal standards for processing SNAP applications.

A screening colonoscopy is supposed to be free, under federal rules. But an Indiana woman still got a $765 bill. For a year and a half, she got no answers why just finger-pointing between the hospital and insurance. She got sent to debt collection. Then, she reached out to a journalist.