Health

Ellen Allen, 63, needs health insurance to be able to keep paying for an expensive eye drop medicine that prevents blindness. Ellen Allen hide caption toggle caption Ellen Allen Next …

The company Natera offers a blood test to pregnant women that checks for fetal abnormalities. Natera offers what it calls a “prompt-pay cash price” for these tests. Halfpoint Images/MomentRF/Getty Images …

Oona Zenda/KFF Health News The health care system in the U.S. can be extremely confusing. If you’ve puzzled over using your insurance or dealing with hospitals and doctors, we may …

Oona Zenda/KFF Health News “My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine …

SeizaVisuals/Getty Images/E+ Aging can bring changes to people’s bodies, minds and relationships — changes that many are often not prepared for. Erlene Rosowsky, a clinical psychologist who specializes in aging, …

Solar experts say there’s never been a faster adoption of solar, with panels popping up on rooftops. (Image credit: Betsy Joles for NPR)

Health innovations are everywhere. From a cancer vaccine to an Alzheimer’s blood test to a life-changing exoskeleton, we take you on a tour of the economics of health technology. ARI …

A new study shows that the effects hurricanes have on people’s health can last for years after a storm passes.

Carroll College professor of biology Grant Hokit drags a white cloth through brush outside of Condon, Mont., looking for ticks. Hokit surveys for ticks statewide for the Montana health department. …

Bullet holes are seen in windows at the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Headquarters following an August 8 shooting that killed a DeKalb County Police Department officer. …