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Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put…

Bethany Birch had pain in her diaphragm on and off for eight months in 2016.

As they lose out on billing for such drugs, hospitals and clinics are trying to convince states to limit this practice, known as "white bagging."

Black Americans use GoFundMe far less than white Americans, studies show. And those who do typically bring in less

After emergency gallbladder surgery, a Tennessee woman said she spent months without a permanent mailing address and never got a bill from the hospital. She ended up in court a few years later.

Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia was urged to go public to seek help for her medical bills. But she worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.

It's only a matter of time before a pregnant patient dies from lack of care, triggering a wrongful death claim

As gun violence soars, experts advocate for such traumatic exposure to be considered adverse childhood experiences

Opioid settlement funds have been doled out. In some cases, it's not clear how they're being spent

Kennedy's views on shots includes alleged safety problems which have been discredited by reputable scientists

Hospitals are trapping patients in medical debt and cycles of abusive billing and debt collection practices