health care

When 20 members of the Fortuna family were infected with COVID-19 and her uncle fell into a coma, Lizbeth Peña Bonseñor says she felt like “the ground crumbled.” But their problems didn’t end there. The Philadelphia family is one of the millions of Latino families without health insurance. NBC Philadelphia spoke to the Fortunas about how their struggle is...

One in eight women will have breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. For National Mammography Day, we were joined by Dr. Erika Hamilton of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute to discuss the importance of early breast cancer detection.

Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris covered a number of topics on the vice presidential debate stage. We took a closer look at both candidates’ positions on three of them: preexisting conditions, abortion and fracking.

Ahead of tonight’s high-stake vice presidential debate, we looked into where Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris stand on some key issues: health care, immigration and consumer protection.

About 2.5 million more working-age Americans were uninsured last year, even before the coronavirus pandemic struck

Do you hate politics? We get it! So we dusted off our game of Operation to help explain why you should care how the 2020 election will affect health care policy — and how that policy will ultimately affect your health and your wallet.

Covid-19 test results in just 15 minutes? Abbott Labs got the green light from the FDA for its new rapid antigen test, which can detect if someone has Covid-19 in 15 minutes. But how effective is it? NBCLX talked to Dr. John Hackett, Abbott’s divisional vice president of applied research and technology.

President Donald Trump made a dizzying array of false claims about voting fraud and health care in opening remarks at the Republican National Convention

A recent study has found that Black infants are more likely to die when under the care of white doctors than Black doctors. Dr. Rachel Hardeman, who researches reproductive health equity, joined LX News to explain how institutional racism is making childbirth more deadly for Black mothers and their infants.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people.

President Donald Trump is teasing the possibility of executive action to require health insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions

After both of his parents died due to lack of health insurance, Erich Arvidson is fighting to make Medicaid available to those who need it in his home state of Missouri, which has some of the strictest eligibility requirements in the country.

President Donald Trump recently signed executive orders that he says will reduce drug prices by 50% “and even greater, in certain instances.” That could happen for some individuals, but it remains to be seen how the orders will be implemented and whether they will result in such large reductions. The orders, which largely revive past administration proposals, require the Health…

In her first television role, actress Abigail Shapiro plays dark superhero Dorothy Spinner in DC Comics’ “Doom Patrol.” She joined LX News to talk about season 2 as well as her advocacy for insurance coverage of rare disorders, including cleidocranial dysplasia, the condition that has affected the development of her bones and teeth.

Insulin users are finding themselves going to extreme lengths as costs of the life-saving medication is skyrocketing in the wake of the pandemic

Is the American Dream losing its shine? The New York Times interviewed Europeans about everything from our parental leave policies to our health care to our diets. They weren’t always impressed.

Only about 30% of Black adults with mental health issues actually receive treatment each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dr. Ebony Butler created “My Therapy Cards” to help Black women specifically focus on their own mental wellness.

Therapists Eboni Harris and Eliza Boquin discuss the mission behind their initiative, Melanin & Mental Health, which is trying to expand access to therapy in communities of color by providing a directory of Black therapists and using social media, podcasts and merchandise to normalize mental health conversations.

Months into battling Covid-19, doctors from across the globe are still struggling to come up with a standard of care and core protocols for treating patients. The New York Times interviews doctors about how they are adjusting their treatments to this novel virus.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law must be struck down with it.