A woman was forced to drive herself to a California hospital for a scheduled cesarean section Aug. 15 after immigration agents detained her husband, claiming he had an arrest warrant for homicide in Mexico, CBS2 Los Angeles reports.
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Health insurers across the U.S. are pursuing a new strategy to lower healthcare costs and bolster their profits — investing in housing, medicine and even food programs for those who can't afford it, according to Forbes.
Humana CEO and President Bruce Broussard is joining former President Barack Obama as a recipient of the 2018 Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization.
Opioid-related deaths and incarcerations are affecting children across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at soaring rates, according to the 2017 Child Well-Being Survey published August 3.
A homicide case involving a Pennsylvania woman fatally exposing her newborn infant to opioids via breast milk is raising broader issues surrounding breastfeeding among mothers with opioid addiction, according to The Inquirer.
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Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health, offered an update on the agency's All of Us Research Program during a hearing before a House subcommittee July 25.
Dayton, Ohio-based Good Samaritan Hospital is scheduled to close its emergency room at 12 p.m. July 19, with the facility's full closure to take place four days later, the Dayton Daily News reports.
"Privacy must be considered in any meaningful discussion about sharing medical records," however, "prejudice against people with opioid and other substance use disorders can lead to job loss and rupture of important relationships," writes Melissa Stein, MD, medical director of…
Starbucks has spent a year working with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health to create a benefits package that offers comprehensive coverage for transgender employees, according to them.
23andMe, a popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, made headlines after its CEO pledged to help reunite the more than 2,300 children separated from their parents at the U.S.'s southern border.