The Latest Breaking News from Health Care

Merck & Co.’s (MRK) third-quarter financials surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. The stock is trading near its 52-week high of $101.50, and its momentum is expected to continue, considering its strong fundamentals. Given the company’s solid growth, reliable dividend payments, and the resilience of its sector against the expected economic slowdown,…

Access to quality health care is a fundamental human right. Yet more than half the world’s population can’t obtain even the most essential health care. Out-of-pocket costs drive hundreds of millions into extreme poverty

Racism, not just poverty and access to care, makes Americans sicker

A third of surveyed employers say their health plan’s network didn’t have enough behavioral health care providers

In January, Robin’s condition began rapidly spiralling and he was granted free care but earlier this month, wife Kathleen was shocked to learn his care package had been reviewed and was to be revoked

An Arizona ballot initiative addressing medical debt collection could provide an important test next week of whether a populist progressive approach to health care costs can fly in conservative-led states.

Montana is signaling it might step away from an innovative way of setting the prices its public employee health plan pays hospitals for services, an approach that has saved the state millions of dollars and become a model for health plans nationwide.

In a country where the maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world, a small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and state Democratic lawmakers revealed details Friday about a push to enact a "shield law" that would protect abortion patients and providers from out-of-state legal action, and announced two more bills in the works designed to ensure to reproductive health care access.