healthcare

COVID-19 represents the “largest mass fatality incident in modern New York City history,” prompting a surge in deaths that more than doubled the total reported to the medical examiner’s office over last year, according to a new report from the mayor’s office. The findings were part of the COVID-19 section of the Mayor’s Management Report for Fiscal Year 2020,...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Tuesday released a draft proposal for distributing a coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. if and when one is approved for public use.

California lawmakers on Monday passed a bill to use the most populous state’s market power to lower the cost and increase the availability of prescription drugs for its nearly 40 million residents, with supporters citing the coronavirus pandemic as proof that more is needed to reduce shortages in drugs and other medical supplies.

President Donald Trump said Friday his four executive orders would lower drug prices to match foreign prices.

New research finds that cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not

On a day when COVID-19 cases soared, healthcare supplies were scarce and an anguished doctor warned he was being sent to war without bullets, a cargo plane landed at the Los Angeles International Airport, supposedly loaded with the ammo doctors and nurses were begging for: some of the first N95 medical masks to reach the U.S. in almost six...

With some states gearing up to lift coronavirus restrictions, a new poll finds a potential obstacle to keeping new infections tamped down

People under 50 years old who recover from the coronavirus could experience permanent health issues and spend the rest of their lives relying on inhalers or medication, a La Jolla physician warns. Emergency room physician Dr. Shawn Evans works at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Over the past few months, he has cared for several people with the virus and…

The United Health Foundation has pledged $1 million to provide urgent assistance to Los Angeles County residents experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on Friday. The partnership with the California Community Foundation’s COVID-19 LA County Response Fund is part of UnitedHealth Group’s previously announced initial $50 million commitment to fight COVID-19 and support those most directly impacted, including...

More than a million people could swamp the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces in the coming months as employers lay off staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

Our friend known across the country as ‘The Dancing Doc’ for his work with sick children, puts his dancing on hold to make masks for his fellow doctors and nurses.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Covered California is expanding its special enrollment period through June 30 to help anyone uninsured and eligible to obtain health coverage because of job loss or other qualifying life events. The action builds upon Covered California’s special enrollment period that took effect in January, to help consumers who didn’t know about tax penalties...

See every time healthcare was mentioned during the ninth Democratic debate in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC on Feb. 19, 2020.

Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill. The bill would also increase the age nationwide for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21.

Its that time of the year—open enrollment to pick a healthcare agency. NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with Peter Lee, the Executive Director of Covered California about the biggest change for over a million Californians since 2014. “There is new financial help…and if they don’t there could be a penalty,” say Lee.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new city partnerships Sunday that aim to protect California’s most medically vulnerable residents during power outages.

Mylan Pharmaceuticals issued a nationwide voluntary recall of one lot of Alprazolam — the generic name for prescription anti-anxiety drug Xanax — tablets due to the potential presence of a foreign substance, the company announced. The recall is being carried out due to the potential presence of an unspecified “foreign substance,” Mylan said in its announcement.

Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced Friday that it is voluntarily recalling heartburn drug Zantac amid ongoing investigations into a carcinogen found in the medication in September. Many pharmacies in the U.S. had already pulled Zantac and its generic equivalents from their shelves, and at least two makers of the drug’s generic version had already halted production.

William Shuttleworth, 71, of Newburyport, Massachusetts walked across the country for over three months. He told NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado he did it all for U.S. veterans.

A person with a confirmed case of measles traveled throught Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles County Public Health officials announced Wednesday.