Deaths that could have been prevented or treated with timely medical care are rising across the United States as they fall in other higher-income countries. America ranks just below Bulgaria and above ...

Employer-based health care costs more in some states; Earth’s warmest year portends worsening human crises; and more ...

Rates of deaths that could be prevented or treated have risen across every U.S. state in recent decades, according to a new study. At the same time, rates of the so-called avoidable deaths — which ...

If you’ve ever borrowed money to pay for health care, you’re far from alone. A new poll says 31 million Americans had to rely on lenders to pay for care for themselves or their household in 2024, ...

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The recent loss of hundreds of workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency will leave the nation unprepared for disasters, watchdogs warn. The agency is one of many to recently come under the ...

After decades of lax oversight, new efforts are underway to protect communities from toxic emissions without putting the industry out of business.

Providers and advocates in Houston, where the rate is especially high, suspect many low-income kids just go without care unless it’s an emergency. Texas has refused or struggled to make changes that ...

The rate is especially high in the Houston area. The state has refused or struggled to make changes that provide public insurance to more children.