Pharmacists and technicians, who have played a critical role in administering Covid-19 tests and vaccines, say they are burned out nearly two years into the pandemic.

The Health and Human Services Committee voted 8-3 against legalizing medical use of the psychedelic compound contained in 'magic mushrooms,' even after the bill's sponsor offered to amend it to simply study the issue and possibly offer it as palliative care...

Black, Latino and Asian adults are more likely than their white counterparts to use audio telehealth services rather than video, according to new federal data released Wednesday.

Hospice providers, like much of the health care community, have turned to contract staffing services to supplement their workforce during the pandemic...

Health experts are concerned that the pandemic, in upending daily routines, has reduced mobility and physical conditioning in older adults...

DC—In 2020, the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation, the largest collaborative of not-for-profit hospices in the United States, launched the Advanced Cardiac Care Program to support the home-based palliative care of patients with serious cardiovascular disease...

The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers...

A new Michigan bill would likely open the door to more doctors recommending unapproved or experimental medications in an effort to treat patients dying of COVID-19. The measure seemingly prevents state regulators from punishing physicians solely for prescribing to COVID- 19 patients things like ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine or other medications generally panned as effective treatments for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...

Iowans on ventilators could receive experimental medical treatments — including off-label uses for drugs like ivermectin — under a proposal Republicans advanced Tuesday...