The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does not prohibit an individual or business from asking whether someone has received a particular vaccine, including a COVID-19 vaccine, nor does it prevent people from disclosing whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or any other disease, according to guidance issued last week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights...

Some healthcare occupations will face major shifts in supply and demand, spurring workforce shortages in the next five years that systems will have to tackle, a Mercer report out Wednesday on the U.S. healthcare labor market found...

About 18 million Americans, or 7% of U.S. adults, say they were recently unable to pay for at least one prescription medication for their household, according to a new poll from Gallup and West Health. The finding shows in "stark terms" how high health-care costs and prescription drug prices are impacting households across the nation, the polling firm said...

Worldwide, it is estimated only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it and global demand for care for people with life threatening illnesses will continue to grow as populations age and the burden of noncommunicable diseases rises...

Even before COVID-19 vaccines were available, pandemic stress became unbearable for pharmacist Maurice Shaw...

How often do older Americans fall victim to drug diversion, in which someone steals or tampers with prescription medications, particularly opioids, for personal use or for sale? Researchers and advocates trying to protect seniors from abuse and exploitation wish they knew...

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark.) have re-introduced a bill designed to bolster the palliative care workforce...

LGBTQ+ individuals face an array of challenges in accessing end-of-life and serious illness care, with some reporting discrimination from health care providers...

For the third year in a row, Modern Healthcare has selected Carolina Caring, a leading serious illness care provider, as one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare...