health care

Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025.

Lindsay Pfeffer was in the backyard with her children when her son was bitten by a rattlesnake and needed antivenom medicine. Then the bills came.

Some families with private insurance have been left behind by the major health care reforms of the last few years, putting them at risk of high medical bills after having babies.

Walmart will start delivering medications in six states, but it plans to offer prescription delivery in nearly every state by the end of January.

Hundreds thousands of California health care workers will see a significant bump in their pay this week as a new minimum wage goes into effect. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers will see a significant bump in their pay this week as a new minimum wage goes into effect.

As open enrollment kicks off, employees should weigh what their employer is offering in the way of benefits and what it will cost.

For many patients, these medications have been life changing, or even lifesaving. Getting their hands on them, however, can be another experience entirely.

From life-saving cancer treatments to common antibiotics, over 300 medications are currently in short supply.

Laughter is Good Medicine Gala: Dinner, Comedy Show, and After Party! A celebration of resilience benefitting American Indian youth and family services. In honor of American Indian Heritage Month, the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC) is hosting its annual fundraising gala on November 15th at the Mexican Heritage Plaza. The evening includes a buffet-style dinner, a comedy…

Dentists say unlicensed practitioners offering cheap dental veneers are putting patients at risk.

Nonprofit Bay Area Community Health is offering health care resources at a number of events this month. CEO Dr. Zettie Page offers an inside look at what’s ahead.

As the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month continues, NBC Bay Area talks with a Santa Clara Valley Medical Center doctor about the lack of Latinx physicians.

The U.S. ranks as the worst performer among 10 developed nations in critical areas of health care, according a report by The Commonwealth Fund on Thursday.

People in the U.S. die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths, despite spending much more on health care.

In North Carolina, a state hard hit by the national crisis of medical debt, Terry Belk has spent 20 years struggling to get free of “this … anvil I’m dragging around.”

Notice something odd on a medical bill? Don’t let it slide. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines for physicians regarding pain management during IUD insertion.

A couple sues an Atlanta hospital that allegedly lost part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery, NBC News reports.

Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs.