Income inequality is extending the lives of America's richest more than ever.

Will this oil-rich, now energy-busted, state embrace Medicaid and Obamacare?

A once-rare mosquito-borne virus called Zika is spreading rapidly through the Americas since arriving in Brazil last May. Its potential link to birth defects has health officials concerned.

An analysis in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that in some countries, poor people aren't necessarily as unhealthy as you'd think--at least compared to U.S. poor.

While lobbyists helping write legislation isn't new, the level of cooperation between the FDA and the medical device industry on the 21st Century Cures bill is raising concerns.

Generic drug prices haven't increased much--but that don't insulate patients or insurers from outlier price hikes in pharmaceuticals.

The FDA is beginning to regulate how genetic testing companies market DNA tests for health insights, saying that genetic tests can establish paternity or indicate rare diseases, but for heart disease or diabetes, their value is less clear.

Younger replacement patients are more likely to have chronic health problems.