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Immediate risk of transmission to the American public is still low, according to experts.

When treated at nonminority hospitals, however, Black patients experienced a 3% decrease in mortality over a 10-year period.

In 2013, three germs made the list of urgent threats to human health. Two more were added this year, according to a new report.

Black and Latino patients are less likely to be treated in cardiac care units upon admission.

Some of the teens and young adults suffered severe lung damage after smoking e-cigarettes.

Study findings confirm that Black babies face inequality beginning at birth.

Hospitals must work harder to create more respectful and welcoming workplaces for the diverse resident physicians who train there.

Researchers say hospitals mark up the cost for specific services by by more than 20 times solely to increase their revenues.

Two cash rewards of $5,000 will go to any designer who can help de-code the confusing arithmetic of medical billing in the United States.

Baystate Noble Hospital in Springfield insists that the risk of infection is “low, [but] it is not zero.”

It seems hospitals are big business these days, and many have been rapidly consolidating.

In the midst of one of the saddest moments I have ever experienced, I briefly connected with a lady in dire straits who renewed my belief in f...

While undergoing physical therapy, I fainted and couldn’t be revived. I hoped for answers as to why this happened, but no one could tell me.

A doctor entered the room and introduced himself. He explained they really didn’t know what was wrong with me. I am sure I sounded like a craz...

African Americans who suffer cardiac arrest in public places are less likely than whites to get on-the-scene CPR or defibrillator treatment.

When researchers reviewed hospital readmission trends for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), they found that African Americans, age...