For Eagle County’s health care providers, federal, state funding cuts will take a toll

Federal and state changes to health care funding and accessibility will impact Eagle County residents’ ability to access care. Vail Health and Mountain Family Health Centers, two health care systems ... Read More

In the fallout from Trump’s health funding cuts, states face tough budget decisions

States and local governments have made painful program cuts in the wake of major reductions in federal health funding that have already taken effect. Now, they’re sizing up the financial hits to come. Read More

Study: Health cuts in 'Big, Beautiful Bill' could put 11 MS nursing homes 'at-risk' of closing

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect new star rankings that most nursing homes on the list received after the report from Brown University was published but before this article was ... Read More

Medicaid overhaul puts rural Washington hospitals at risk

At Dayton General, leaders warn the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s work rules and funding cuts could shutter facilities, stretch ERs and push patients farther from care ... Read More

Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs

A little-known federal agency that sends more than $12 billion annually to support community health centers, addiction treatment services, and workforce initiatives for America's neediest people has ... Read More

Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER

Children who go to emergency departments in a mental health crisis and need to be hospitalized often end up stuck there for days, a new study finds. That happens in roughly one in ten of all mental ... Read More

The future of vaccines under RFK Jr.: Millions of lives may be at risk

But this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (overseen by HHS under vaccine skeptic RFK Jr.) narrowed its approvals for COVID vaccines, which will reportedly force many people to pay as much ... Read More