Hospitals are dangerous places and the danger is even greater over the holidays, when staffing is cut to the bone, temps are relied on more than usual, and the most experienced doctors and nurses are not around.
Immigrant children are five times as likely as U.S-born children to suffer from lead poisoning in New York City.
Illness from a common infection called norovirus has spiked in New York City in recent weeks.
Thirteen of the 20 cities in which a clinical trial was conducted for an artificial blood substitute had minority populations greater than that of the nation as a whole.
Wall Street Journal highlights the tragedy of state governments forbidding citizens from exercising the basic right to buy health insurance from other states.
Editorials address prescription drug discount cards in Florida and Hawaii.
Editorials address medical malpractice in four states.
Legislative session will propose nearly additional funding specifically dedicated to expanding health services for more than 80,000 women and increasing access to breast and cervical cancer screenings.
Sixty-four percent of California registered voters support health care legislation proposed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Troops returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with mental illness are receiving different levels of disability payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs.