Online doctor ratings may promise a better way to find a doctor but a poll shows most older adults don’t consider them very important when choosing a physician.

Study finds that physician parents often turn down career-advancing opportunities and aren’t comfortable discussing work-family conflicts with leaders. How pandemic-era changes may help.

Direct-to-consumer telehealth is a growing industry, especially for urgent care after business hours, but it may not prevent downstream appointments as much as hoped.

Clinical guidelines have encouraged the integration of palliative care, yet medicine lags far behind its goals for ovarian cancer, especially for people of color

Non-Veterans admitted to VA hospitals in Southeast Michigan during the pandemic's surge had were overwhelming positive experiences, one study found.

A federal NIH grant supports work to promote COVID-19 research and inclusivity among African Americans and Hispanics/Latino populations.

Research on the history of pandemics shaped COVID-19 response, and studying the current pandemic could help reduce future death tolls.

A human genetics investigator discusses new RNA research developments that may aid in treating and preventing rare genetic diseases.

A team explores the protective capabilities of consuming a diet enriched with fructose when it comes to acetaminophen overdose causing liver damage in mice.

Pharmaceutical companies get special protection from the FDA for orphan drugs aimed at rare diseases, but a study shows high spending for common diseases for some such drugs.

Hospital care for COVID-19 has been free to most patients but insurance companies may be ending that; a study of flu-related hospital bills suggests a coronavirus hospital stay could now cost $1,000 on average.

Isolation of a person with COVID-19 within a house or apartment is important for keeping coronavirus from spreading to the people they live with, but a study shows disparities in access to isolation spaces.

Counties that score worst on measures of poverty, economic inequality, housing, food access, family structure, transportation, insurance and disability had far more cases and deaths from coronavirus in the first months of the pandemic.

People who take opioid pain medications on a long-term basis may face stigma when they try to find a new doctor.

Regional hospitals unite to strengthen emergency response plans for children impacted by such crises as a pandemic, hurricane, flood or mass shooting.