Health

The Medicaid State Plan service allows people who may otherwise need a nursing home level of care to schedule supports and other services in their own homes.

Aides that provide medical care are required to have dementia training, but that requirement doesn’t apply to homemaker companion agency workers. Part of a state bill would change that.

Members of the Green Mountain Care Board are at work on guidance that would tell hospitals to charge private insurers 1% less in 2027 than they are this year.

Financial thresholds to qualify for HUSKY C are unfair to many people with disabilities across Connecticut, advocates said.

It's an age old practice that's having a moment right now. But is there anything to the health claims? Scientists say sauna is more than hot air.

Massachusetts legislators have until mid-March to vote on measures that would legalize online roulette, blackjack, and other casino-style games. Opponents say that form of gambling is highly addictive.

The House Judiciary Committee voted against recommending a bill that would further restrict abortions in the state from 24 weeks to 20 weeks.

The Worcester hospital previously canceled patients' appointments with a preeminent gender-affirming bottom surgeon.

The bill would outlaw school-based vaccine clinics during the school day. Health officials say those clinics already ended this year after the state withdrew funding.

Among their priorities are enhancing patient data privacy and strengthening protections for out-of-state providers, particularly those treating patients via telehealth.