November 17, 2024, 6:00am Business
During open enrollment season, seniors in most parts of the U.S. will have dozens of Medicare Advantage plans to choose from. And while an increasing number of Medicare-eligible Americans are signing up for these private insurer plans, hospital advocates say the plans are threatening both patient care and the bottom… Read story
November 17, 2024, 6:00am Health
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that if President-elect Donald Trump appointed him to a health leadership position, the first thing he would work on would be removing fluoride from water. Read story
November 16, 2024, 5:29am Health
A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down on billions of dollars in overcharges linked to Medicare Advantage home visits. Read story
November 15, 2024, 2:39pm Health
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and becoming one of the world’s most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines. Read story
November 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health
In a dimly lit room tucked away off one of the hallways at Fort Vancouver High School, two students filled small decorated pots with planting soil and tulip bulbs. They were planting promises, too. Read story
November 14, 2024, 2:53pm Health
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid. Read story
November 14, 2024, 1:37pm Clark County Health
Organizers of a Saturday vigil for a 16-year-old who went missing in September hope the event helps the boy’s family feel less alone. Read story
November 14, 2024, 9:38am Health
Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications’ risks and side effects. Read story
