Public Health

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has doled out $48 million to support public health programs.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending all U.S. baby boomers get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus, according to a news release.

Roughly 50 percent of voters are against Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) plan to privatize Medicare, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.

Medicare has risen higher among the list of Republican voters' priorities, replacing the healthcare reform law, according to Kaiser's August Health Tracking Poll.

HHS has awarded a collective $48.8 million to help all 50 states' health departments research, track and prevent infectious diseases.

The Partnership for a Healthier America has launched its Hospital Healthy Food Initiative and is inviting hospitals to join the program.

The Supreme Court made a historic decision on June 28 to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Court let the individual mandate stand, via Congress' power to tax, but limited lawmakers' ability to withhold funding from states…

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act but limit Congress' power to strip Medicaid funding from states that chose to not expand coverage presents an obstacle for disproportionate share hospitals: fairly dramatic cuts to…

State Medicaid expansions covering low-income adults is "significantly associated with reduce mortality" along with improved coverage, access to care and self-reported health, according to a recent New England Journal of Medicine study.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Medical Center announced a new collaboration with Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del., and Seaford, Del.-based Nanticoke Health Services to enhance health in the community.