Consider Your Case Closed

By Dan Diamond, Fenit Nirappil, and Lena H. Sun

As monkeypox cases rise nationwide, the Biden administration is authorizing commercial labs to... Read More »

U.S. to Expand Monkeypox Testing at Commercial Labs as Outbreak Grows

By Jennifer Maloney

Although the change would be several years in the making, federal health officials are mapping... Read More »

Biden Administration Targets Removal of Most Nicotine From Cigarettes

By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a measure to modernize the state's medical... Read More »

Governor Newsom Signs Legislation to Modernize California’s Medical Malpractice System

By Megan Molteni

Privacy, as it pertains to patient data, took center stage at the recent 2022 STAT Health Tech... Read More »

Top Privacy Researchers Urge the Health Care Industry to Safeguard Patient Data

By Krista Mahr

America's collective health is at risk, critics say, as one legal challenge after another... Read More »

‘It's a Tsunami': Legal Challenges Threatening Public Health Policy

By HHS Office of Inspector General

One quarter of Medicare patients experienced patient harm during their hospital stays in October... Read More »

Adverse Events in Hospitals: A Quarter of Medicare Patients Experienced Harm in October 2018

By Reed Abelson

Federal investigators from the HHS inspector general's office published a report Thursday... Read More »

Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds

By Charlie Osborne

A new report reveals a surprising disregard for user security and privacy in mental health and... Read More »

Mozilla Finds Mental Health Apps Fail 'Spectacularly' at User Security, Data Policies

By Ann W. Latner

Indiana's Supreme Court was recently asked to rule on whether the state's Medical... Read More »

Court Rules That State’s Medical Malpractice Act Can Apply to Nonpatients