Legislation to allow nurses with advanced training to practice independently has overcome objections that led the measure to be vetoed twice in the last four years, the Assembly’s health committee ...

Health care unions continue to rally for legislation to address understaffing they say strains hospitals and threatens both patient safety and staff well-being.

Nurses at Backus Hospital held an informational picket on Thursday morning to raise concerns about a growing patient care crisis.

A Massachusetts agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents is unable to pay providers after running out of money.

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he answered questions before a House committee Wednesday ...

Senator calls on Congress to increase oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program by requiring participating providers to complete annual reports on program savings and revenues.

Healthcare innovators are walking a fine line between big, disruptive ideas and practical, problem-specific solutions. Is true transformation still possible in a system under relentless financial and ...

This week, a three-member panel of experts convened to participate in a clinical care technology webinar as part of ...