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A “jarringly low” proportion of people with HCV have been tested, treated and cured.

Massage therapists who specializes in working with people who are dying or have an advanced form of cancer or other illness are rare.

Do they tackle drugs with extremely high costs taken by a handful of patients, or drugs with merely very high costs taken by a larger group?

Employers understand the need to take time off to care for a baby, but there’s less understanding about time to care for anyone else.

The compromise bill leaves Medicare and Medicaid funding untouched and includes no new work requirements for Medicaid.

After years of thundering against drugmakers, legislators have now focused on regulating the deal-makers known as pharmacy benefit managers.

Study findings support the continuation of telehealth services for opioid use disorder and related care.

Changes will affect nursing home and hospital staffing, delivery of addiction treatment and COVID data reporting.

People without insurance will need to either pay full price, seek free or low-cost vaccines from community clinics or go without.

Left untreated, hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and the need for a liver transplant.