Numerous healthcare organizations recently shuttered medical units or terminated services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care lapses.
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Baltimore-based MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center is closing its pediatric inpatient and emergency room units, the Capital Gazette reports.
Children with families who have increased psychological and social risks, including child behavior issues, parent mental health problems and family financial challenges, were more likely to stop weight management treatment and less likely improve their weight status, according to a…
Atlanta officials confirmed the death of Dr. Timothy Cunningham, a 35-year-old epidemiologist with the CDC who was last seen nearly two months ago, during an April 5 press conference.
Recent changes to Medicare Advantage plans that expand service offerings may be prompting collaborations among retail giants like Walmart and Amazon with health insurers, according to Forbes.
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Americans who experienced a "negative wealth shock," or the loss of at least 75 percent of their wealth in two years, faced a 50 percent increased risk of death in the next 20 years, according to a study published in…
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., his hometown of Atlanta — and many cities across the U.S. — are struggling to meet his vision of equality in healthcare, NPR reports.
Aetna and Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will collaborate on a five-year study of what determines a person's well-being.
Residents of Louisiana have the highest stress of any state, according to an analysis by WalletHub.
The parents of missing CDC employee Dr. Timothy Cunningham told Cleveland's FOX News station they received a disturbing text from their son the day before his disappearance nearly two months ago, according to Atlanta's FOX 5.