In rural areas where access to women's health services is often limited, apps like Nurx — which let users have their birth control pills delivered — show promise, according to NPR.
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An "air quality issue" at a Wisconsin high school led to the hospitalization of 73 people March 22, WAOW reports.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will collaborate with 64 surgeons across seven Michigan health systems on a new bundled payment initiative.
More U.S. adults face heart attack and stroke risk today compared to adults one generation ago, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
March 22 is World Water Day, a United Nations-sponsored annual event designed to raise awareness about water usage and its scarcity.
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Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal urged the CEOs of Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia to reach a new contract before a fast-approaching deadline, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
Despite standards to maintain clean swimming areas, coastal waters in high-income countries are likely to house microbes that increase swimmers' risk of stomach aches, ear infections and diarrhea, according to a review of more than 40 previous studies published in…
UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, created a website targeting Envision Healthcare's emergency department billing policies amid an ongoing payment dispute.
While an increasing number of patients are using ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft as transportation to hospitals during emergency situations, some healthcare professionals claim doing so may cause more harm than good for patients in the long run, according…
New York City-based Hearst Health and Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University's College of Population Health awarded the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance in Boston the 2018 Hearst Health Prize for its program that provides permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people.