health care

In North Carolina, a state hard hit by the national crisis of medical debt, Terry Belk has spent 20 years struggling to get free of “this … anvil I’m dragging around.”

Notice something odd on a medical bill? Don’t let it slide. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance on managing pain during IUD insertion, but doctors say the updated advice is just the first step.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines for physicians regarding pain management during IUD insertion.

A couple sues an Atlanta hospital that allegedly lost part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery, NBC News reports.

Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs.

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis sits down with Dr. Tess Mauricio, a board-certified dermatologist, who shares at-home treatments you can use to ease your summer sunburn.

Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief.

In a series of TikTok videos, the rugby star has documented her preventative care journey, including getting a Pap smear, eye exam, a new pair of glasses and a dental appointment with X-rays — all for free, courtesy of the Olympic Village.

The layoffs are affecting multiple urgent care facilities across Southern California. Christian Cázares reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2024. 

An estimated $500 million of medical debt could be eliminated for 150,000 lower-income residents with the new pilot program in LA County, according to the Department of Public Health.

Eight employers who challenged some federal health insurance requirements cannot be forced to provide no-cost coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prep and some kinds of cancer screenings, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Friday.

The founder and CEO of a California-based telehealth company was arrested and charged on Thursday for her involvement in an alleged scheme to distribute Adderall over the internet and commit healthcare fraud.

A report published Monday from the research group Rand Corp. found that in 2022, the prices hospitals charged to private and employer-based insurance providers were, on average, 254% higher than what Medicare would have paid for the same services. 

Health insurance doesn’t necessarily protect patients from medical debt.

Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year.

The deal would allow J&J to resolve the lawsuits through a third bankruptcy filing of a subsidiary company, LTL Management. 

Nurse’s family questions why she didn’t receive CPR or oxygen. Her medical bills and caregiving expenses are now in the millions.

When a nurse suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at her work, her co-workers at an Upland medical facility failed to give her CPR for over 7 minutes. NBC 4’s I-Team’s Carolyn Johnson reports. 

A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.