health care

Corner pharmacies, once widespread in large cities and rural hamlets alike, are disappearing from many areas of the country, leaving an estimated 41 million Americans in what are known as drugstore deserts.

Choosing a health insurance plan is complicated. Rather than stick with the status quo, follow these tips to make a more informed choice.

Legal experts say just because you received care doesn't entitle a hospital to a bonkers high price. Still, fighting an unreasonable bill takes some work.

A dizzying array of temporary policy changes at the state and federal levels eased the switch to health care over telephones and laptops during the pandemic, but they may not last.

Based on evidence about the quality of care by advanced practice nurses, more and more states have ditched the requirement that nurse practitioners work only under contracts with doctors. But physicians say the arrangements protect patients.

When Veronica Mireles’ son complained he was in severe abdominal pain, she rushed him to a Wichita emergency room. No interpreter was provided for the…

The COVID-19 outbreak has worsened mental health among a group that already struggled with high rates of depression, anxiety and suicide.

A skin biopsy at Lawrence Memorial Hospital goes for anywhere from $95 to $600. It all depends on who receives the bill. Removing a skin lesion, anywhere…

TOPEKA, Kansas — The two doctors running for the U.S. Senate in Kansas are offering very different prescriptions for increasing access to affordable…

A stay in the hospital for severe COVID-19 could easily saddle someone with tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.