health care

Some people infected with monkeypox have faced a difficult road while seeking treatments like antiviral drugs, or even a test to confirm the disease. But why are people struggling to find the help they need? Marshall Allen, author of “Never Pay the First Bill,” joins LX News to discuss the difficulties of navigating the U.S. health care system.

In high doses, the drug methotrexate can be used to treat an ectopic pregnancy and save a life. But after the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, patients with leukemia or rheumatic illnesses like lupus and psoriasis are having trouble getting it, because of its status as an abortifiacient. Harvard Dr. Aditi Nerurkar joins LX News to explain.

By not accepting insurance plans and skirting around the regulations that come with them, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs has been selling prescription drugs at prices that beat the average pharmacy chains. Insurance expert Paul Seegert joins LX News to discuss Cuban’s pharmacy company.

Nurses at the largest hospital in Vermont are calling for a community-wide approach to ending violence in the workplace following what they described as a sharp rise in assaults inside the emergency department. “We are seeing a drastic increase in violence,” revealed Amanda Young, a nurse in the emergency department at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Young...

While the diverse Latino population in Massachusetts continues to struggle through the pre-pandemic issues of reduced educational and economic opportunity, and health care disparities, there is reason for optimism, according to a new report released Wednesday. Even though Massachusetts is among the nation’s wealthiest states, Latino communities have struggled economically relative to Latinos nationwide, according to an introduction to...

A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor in the deaths of multiple hospital patients

Maine’s largest hospital and its biggest insurer are in a faceoff that could affect hundreds of thousands of people in the state. On Wednesday, Maine Medical Center in Portland said it would make the Anthem insurance company out-of-network in 2023 if a financial disagreement between the two entities is not resolved. The hospital claims Anthem owes it more than $70…

For people who need insulin and have insurance, a bill that just passed the House will be a big help, capping the copay for the life-sustaining prescription at $35 a month. But the bill doesn’t help the uninsured, says Kaiser Health News reporter Bram Sable-Smith. He explains the legislation and opens up about his own diagnosis for Type 1 diabetes.

Former President Barack Obama will be returning to the White House on Tuesday for his first public event there since he left office in 2017

Four years of studying and dedication and one white envelope are sending these Tufts students off to residency.

Reports of rising diabetes cases during the pandemic have scientists exploring if there could be a link with the coronavirus.

Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a bill Tuesday that he said would help expand access to primary care and mental health services and help control rising health care and prescription drug costs.

Two months after teasing it in a speech to the Legislature, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday offered up a comprehensive health care bill targeting access and cost in the system as he looks to make progress in an area where he burnished his own reputation in the private sector before becoming governor. Baker visited Codman Square Health Center in…

Over two-thirds of Americans believe they pay too much for the quality of health care they receive, according to a 2021 West Health-Gallup Poll. Almost half of Americans feel even worse about the U.S. health care system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost one-third of Americans said they avoided seeking treatment within the past three months due to…

Americans’ health care expenses are double that of other wealthy nations, but we don’t use health care more, and we’re not healthier on average. So what exactly are we paying for? NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull breaks down why health care in the U.S. costs so much more than in other countries.

A group of Black medical and pre-med students is working with the Black community to improve health care access.

Laila doesn’t remember the exact moment she learned that she’s much more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Growing up in Atlanta, the 33-year-old was surrounded by Black women, who often spoke about the risks that people who look like her face while giving birth. (Laila requested to be referred to by her first name to...

Children are waiting days, weeks or months to get psychiatric care in Massachusetts.

To see just how dramatically COVID case numbers have dropped from the peak of the omicron surge here in Massachusetts – all you had to do was stop by the walk-up COVID test site at Worcester’s Mercantile Center Wednesday, where there were no lines. It was just a few weeks ago that the lines snaked around the corner and down…

The seven-day average case count in Massachusetts has dropped more than 60% compared to two weeks ago, but it will still take time to get back to pre-omicron surge numbers.