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More than 900 people in Washtenaw County, Michigan, have been sickened with cyclosporiasis since mid-June. Linda Kim, a public health nurse, has called more than 100 of them. Almost everyone has said the same thing: It’s excruciating, and one of the worst illnesses they’ve experienced.

But on a Wednesday in July, she called one man who said...Read more

Amanda DeSimone-Shabrack relies on a home healthcare aide to help her high-needs autistic 12-year-old son. Virginia’s Medicaid program covers the assistance, enabling her to work as both an education technology specialist and a professor, run errands, and keep Mason in the home.

That could change. In June, the Department of Justice issued a ...Read more

The Trump administration credits its fraud control efforts for the disappearance of millions of people from Obamacare rolls rather than a sharp rise in premiums — a claim disputed by policy experts that glosses over the reality that many more Americans now find themselves without health insurance.

Enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans fell ...Read more

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid.

The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars’ worth of benefits.

That...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts is setting out to lower health care costs with steps like investing more state resources in primary care, supporting nursing recruitment, and standardizing out-of-network service rates Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday.

“We know that healthcare costs are burdening people, families, employers, budgets at the state, ...Read more

Phil Collins faced death two years ago, and has lived to tell the tale.

The Grammy-winning singer recalled to the Times of London how his "kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing" when he was was hospitalized in Switzerland in April 2024 because of alcohol abuse. At the time, Collins' five children — including "Emily in Paris" ...Read more

Michigan health authorities were in touch with Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum! Brands Inc., about a parasitic outbreak in early July, weeks before the company officially alerted consumers.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services held a call with Yum on July 2 to discuss cyclospora, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg ...Read more

Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday on social media that Aug. 3 has “no legal impact” on his options if a Kentucky U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant this year.

His statement comes amid rampant online speculation that Aug. 3 marks the deadline for holding a special election to complete the term of Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been absent since his ...Read more

Cyclospora cases in Missouri have nearly doubled for the second consecutive week, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The gastrointestinal illness caused by the cyclospora parasite that’s caused havoc on thousands of people’s stomachs nationwide, with the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention Control ...Read more

Those who believe government can provide health insurance better than the free market need to look at Vermont.

For years, Vermont has geared its health-care policy toward creating a single-payer system. Perhaps that’s not a surprise given that the state keeps re-electing Sen. Bernie Sanders, an ardent socialist. As it turns out, it’s easier...Read more

DETROIT — Two people have died from the massive cyclosporiasis outbreak in Michigan, state health officials reported Monday, though they provided few details about the circumstances surrounding the deaths.

The deaths appear to be the first reported by a state health department in the United States amid this summer's cyclosporiasis outbreak, ...Read more

About 90 miles north of Phoenix, the town of Yarnell nestles atop a winding mountain road. Phoenix, a sprawling city of more than 1.6 million people, has one physician for every 2,407 people. But in Yarnell and other rural areas in Arizona, the ratio is one for every 3,896. Like many rural residents across the U.S., people in this small town ...Read more