This brief compares U.S. maternal and child mortality rates at the national, state, and racial and ethnic level to 200 countries.

Health care workers make up just 10% of the American workforce but experience 48% of the nonfatal injuries from workplace violence, according to federal data. And the threat is increasing.

‘There will be more denials of care.’ Accountable care organizations get financially penalized when they spend too much.

Without Congressional action, a 5-year-old waiver allowing Medicare patients to do virtual visits will lapse.

The question is a matter of fierce debate among scientists. Now it's making its way into the courtroom.

Millions of seniors who rely on Medicaid to age at home and cover the cost of nursing home care will lose coverage under Trump's new law.

Utah’s dentistry board urged the state to revoke Nicholas LaFeber’s license after repeated reports of poor dental work. Instead, regulators reinstated it. Now new patients say they’ve been hurt by...

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at...

Chikungunya, which is endemic in parts of South America, Africa and Asia, may be the cause of a woman’s illness.

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica...

A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.

A whistleblower says he has documented evidence of practices that risked patient safety and show bias in the U.S. organ transplant system.

And violators could face up to $1 million in fines.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sarah Stillman explains why so many people with mental illness are starving to death in U.S. jails, who is profiting, and what can be done to prevent it.

People in recovery from eating disorders and OCD increasingly seek support from coaches, but some experts are wary.