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Another night in the hospital: the unrelenting struggle of raising Brazil’s Zika babies

(By Melissa Bailey for ST A T) RECIFE, BRAZIL — Baby Duda sat in bed, a pink barrette in her

(By Spencer Phillips Hey and Aaron S. Kesselheim for ST A T) T he right treatment for the right patient

(By Jessica Pupovac for NPR) Lead problems with the water in Flint, Mich., have prompted people across the country to

(Source – www.cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is announcing refinements

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) A n advocacy group is urging the US Internal Revenue Service and the

(By Richard Harris for NPR) Researchers in Brazil who are trying to help people with spine injuries gain mobility have

(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) Scientists at the University of Southern California discovered a key weapon used

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Instead of buying a health insurance policy to cover their workers, a growing

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Retail titan Walmart uses its market dominance to inflict “ruthless,” “brutal” and “relentless”

(By Casey Ross for ST A T) Hospitals across the United States are throwing away less-than-perfect organs and denying the