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A groundbreaking study tracking over 100 million insurance records has uncovered a critical gap in cancer care that researchers say is entirely fixable. Oral cancer patients are getting less dental care than healthy adults, despite facing painful treatment side effects.
Federal health officials just unveiled a plan to help thousands more patients receive lifesaving organs by improving how the nation's transplant system works. The changes focus on using more "medically complex" donor organs that are currently being wasted, even though they could give seriously ill patients years of healthy life.
Over 100,000 Americans wait for organ transplants, but thousands of usable organs go unused each year. New federal rules aim to change that by encouraging doctors to use imperfect organs that could still save lives.
Wealthy countries are increasingly using special licenses to make patented drugs affordable for their citizens. A new study shows this practice jumped from 15% to 54% of all such licenses worldwide in just one decade.
New York could soon fast-track innovative mental health treatments that help patients who haven't responded to traditional medications. The state is working to eliminate bureaucratic delays that keep promising therapies from reaching people in crisis.
Breast cancer survivor Elizabeth Awo-Ejeh joined researchers and doctors in Nigeria for a groundbreaking session where patients helped shape the future of cancer care. The collaboration between Federal Medical Centre Abuja and the University of Manchester put survivor voices at the center of healthcare policy.
Nearly half of Medicare cancer patients hit their annual drug cost cap, with a third doing so in January alone. A new 2025 program lets them spread these payments across the year instead of facing thousands in upfront costs.