[ad_1] Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing […]

[ad_1] A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people […]

[ad_1] A smaller portion of U.S. children got routine vaccinations required for kindergarten during the pandemic, government researchers said Thursday, raising concerns that measles and other preventable diseases […]

[ad_1] Sequestration’s Medicare payment cuts will have a disproportionate impact on small, rural hospitals, new reports show, and the cuts will soon get deeper. A 1% reduction to […]

[ad_1] Unionized nursing homes have a 10.8% lower resident COVID-19 mortality rate and a 6.8% lower worker COVID-19 infection rates than non-unionized nursing homes, according to research published […]

[ad_1] A lawsuit has been filed targeting legal protections granted to healthcare providers in Ohio that allows them to deny treatment that they oppose on the basis of […]

[ad_1] Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system. But bills with language expanding religious exemptions […]

[ad_1] Florida’s health agency cites a peer-reviewed 2020 analysis of German children with gender dysphoria as evidence for its recommendation against allowing transgender youth to socially transition. The […]

[ad_1] Humana will sell a majority stake of Kindred at Home’s hospice business to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $2.8 billion in cash, the company […]

[ad_1] The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week, continuing a decline since the end […]