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With the nation鈥檚 opioid crisis worsening, officials want you to dispose of unwanted or expired prescription drugs. But finding a convenient take-back site requires time and patience.
Though United鈥檚 presence was small, its departure from the nation鈥檚 largest state underscores insurers鈥 ongoing dissatisfaction with Obamacare exchanges.
A new national pediatric guideline proposes that every school have a nurse on staff. In California, 57 percent of school districts do not employ nurses.
Consumer advocates say the nonprofit鈥檚 disclosures come too late for policy holders and the public.
The experiment in private partnership begins in Palo Alto, Calif.
In California, backers of a plan to allow adults living in the country illegally to buy coverage on the state鈥檚 exchange hurry to get federal approval 鈥 fearing opposition or inaction under a new administration.
Thousands of patients at the San Diego-area hospital may have been exposed to infection last year because of unsanitary conditions in the compounding lab where IVs were mixed, officials found.
UnitedHealth鈥檚 OptumRx is the lowest bidder and wins a key endorsement ahead of final vote by California鈥檚 public retirement system.
The projected 聽increase in premiums is expected to draw national attention in an election year -- especially from foes of the Affordable Care Act.
With 鈥渟hared appointments,鈥 patients can get more time with less-harried providers, enjoy mutual support and see better outcomes. But the approach has its skeptics.
The FDA expands its purview over all tobacco products -- including e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco -- but the new regulatory process could permit many products sold in the U.S. to remain so for up to three years.
The FDA issued a big recall of frozen foods this week. Here鈥檚 what you need to know about the nasty bug that鈥檚 causing all the problems.
In June, California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with prescriptions from their doctors, but getting those prescriptions will require serious effort.
The problem won鈥檛 be fixed until September, though the state鈥檚 congressional delegation calls for quick action.
Vomiting, breathing problems, lethargy, unconsciousness result from pirate pills laced with fentanyl.
Medi-Cal program provides vital services to HIV and AIDS patients, but providers say it doesn鈥檛 pay enough to allow them to serve everyone who needs it.
California is inching closer to a first-in-the-nation request for a federal ruling that would allow the state鈥檚 Obamacare exchange to sell health plans to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.
How high-cost drugs are impacting California.
A class action lawsuit in Los Angeles and a task force in Memphis both try to counter the 鈥渁dverse childhood events鈥 that impair health and well-being.
Gina McCarthy met with Kaiser Health News to answer a range of questions, including how the agency is involved in efforts to combat Zika and the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
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