Better known as Xanax, Valium and Klonopin, the number of adults filling benzodiazepine prescriptions has increased nearly 70 percent, and the quantities taken have tripled.

The White House has proposed tweaks to government health-care programs, but tweaks aren't enough. The underlying problem is drug prices that are indeed murderous.

The Trump administration's latest strike on the Affordable Care Act is an impressive combination of bad policy and bad faith.

The year ahead looks to be dangerous for health-care security in the U.S., as Donald Trump's administration continues to sabotage the law that Congress couldn't repeal.

The American public, threatened with the withdrawal of health insurance from millions of people, has largely come to embrace the idea of universal coverage.

The national opioid emergency cannot be addressed without going inside prison walls.

Congress has yet again rejected a bill slated to provide additional funding for Zika research.

As the U.K.s historic vote to leave the European Union jolted markets around the world, investors responded with a mix of shock, fear and excitement.