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(By Katherine Hobson for NPR) Mammography can prevent deaths from breast cancer, but it’s not a perfect test. Continue reading

Got Zika? For Pregnant Women, Lab Constraints Mean It’s Often Hard To Know

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Houston-based Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center, is trying hard

(By Associated Press for STAT) Going to the right hospital for heart attack care could add a year to your

(By Joyce Cohen for STAT) Seven years ago, New York lawyer Emma Greenwood awoke to the beat of a pulse

(By Carl Zimmer for STAT) When Benedict Paten stares at his computer monitor, he sometimes gazes at what looks like a

(By Ben Allen, WITF for Kaiser Health News) Louis Casanova is playing cards with a friend on the back deck

In the new case of Mohr V. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 16-cv-03352, the plaintiffs’ claims the health insurer defrauded them by

(By Bob Tedeschi for STAT) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three weeks earlier she’d been done. Done with the chemo and the

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) State prison systems are unable to lock up savings by using new hepatitis C treatments

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to U.S. senator stating Mylan NV has been overcharging the