Suicide rates increased in counties across the U.S. from 1999 to 2016, but increases were most prominent in rural areas, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.
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The ACA's Medicaid expansion led to increased Medicaid visits to the hospital emergency department, according to an analysis from Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.
Minnesota health officials are seeing an increase in blastomycosis cases this year, according to WCCO-TV.
Measles could wipe out the immune system's memory, thus opening the door for other disease outbreaks to occur, Michael Mina, PhD, MD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, told NPR.
Around 700 American women die annually from pregnancy-related causes, and a Sept. 6 report from the CDC reveals there are racial disparities in maternal mortality rates.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is changing the way it pays for cancer care under a new agreement with Minnesota Oncology, a US Oncology cancer care provider with 12 locations in the Twin Cities area.
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan agreed to jointly operate 14 community resource centers in Los Angeles County, the organizations said Sept. 4.
Humana added 11 more primary care practices to its Medicare Advantage network in Arizona, Georgia and Texas through an expanded partnership with Iora Health.
The average death rate for the five states with the highest rates is almost 50 percent higher than the death rate for the five states with the lowest rates, according to a September report from the CDC.
During a recent family Thanksgiving, I cut my finger.