EXCLUSIVE — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will testify before Congress this month on what steps the agency is taking to actively address healthcare fraud across the country, following ...

Shellfish harvested by two Washington companies between Feb. 13 and March 3 may be contaminated with norovirus, which can cause severe illness in people with compromised immune systems.

Companies whose workers use Medicaid for health insurance would have to provide private coverage or face a fine under the proposed state budget.

On March 5 the Washington State Department of Health, via Whatcom County, ordered an emergency closure of recreational and commercial shellfish harvest in Drayton Harbor after illnesses were linked to ...

Massachusetts has landed squarely in the sights of a congressional Medicaid fraud probe, with a powerful House committee demanding records from Governor Maura Healey and state health officials about ...

ICE detention centers have a reported history of poor conditions, abuse and medical neglect, which may have contributed to detainee deaths.

Public defense advocates warn that changes to Washington's income tax proposal risk cutting public defense services after the removal of a dedicated fund.

The FDA is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism. On Tuesday, the U.S. agency said the drug helps children and adults who ...

Experts say differences in nurse line oversight, response-time standards and dispatch protocols across U.S. cities could affect how quickly patients receive care ...

The FDA has announced a recall of raw oysters and Manila clams over a possible link to a cluster of norovirus‑like illnesses.

The FDA said a recall was issued for clams and oysters distributed in nine states over possible norovirus contamination, a contagious infection commonly known as the stomach flu.

Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, according to the first comprehensive national study ...