Rural hospitals are in financial distress, forcing many to shut their doors.

Optimism is associated with an 11 to 15 percent longer life span, on average, and with achieving "exceptional longevity," or reaching the age of 85 or older, according to a new study published Aug. 26 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois donated $1 million to Chicago's Flexible Housing Pool, a public-private initiative that helps homeless people in Chicago find permanent housing.

A recent press release from Premier Inc. reviews their analysis of primary care clinics. 

Better health is not achieved merely with better medical care.

The CDC is investigating a cluster of serious lung illnesses, which the agency believes may be linked to e-cigarette use.

Louisiana has the highest rate of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the country, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association study of medical claims. 

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a set of 13 graphic warnings to be included on cigarette packs, seven years after tobacco companies took the agency to court and successfully struck down its previous proposals, according to The New York Times.

The possibility of a mass shooting causes stress among most (79 percent) U.S. adults, according to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American Psychological Association.

The CDC has acknowledged its yearly estimates of nonfatal gunshot injuries are unreliable, due in part to the low number of hospitals in its data set, according to FiveThirtyEight, which publishes data-driven news and analysis.

Boston Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston are joining forces to support housing stability, investing nearly $3 million via a new initiative.

When would a 50-year-old woman with diabetes most likely have a poor health outcome?

Racism is a core social determinant of child and teen health, but pediatricians can help reduce its effects, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The U.S. infant mortality rate appears to have stabilized at 5.79 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017, which is not statistically different from the rate of 5.87 in 2016, according to a CDC report published Aug. 1.

Community hospitals fill a critical need in the healthcare system.

Over 11 million years of healthy life were lost due to childhood cancer globally in 2017, according to a study published July 29 in The Lancet Oncology.

The amount of time U.S. adults spend sitting increased from 5.7 hours per day in 2007-08 to 6.4 hours per day in 2015-16, according to a study published July 26 in JAMA Network Open.

One of the most pressing issues facing healthcare today is population aging.

Death rates are on the rise for young and middle-aged American adults, according to a study published July 23 by the CDC and reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Just four states had an increased prevalence of people trying to quit smoking between 2011 and 2017, according to CDC data reported by STAT.