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Some patients seeking mental health treatments have been forced to pick up a bigger share of the cost than they do with other medical bills. But a recently passed law prohibits such double standards.

A program, known as "Money Follows the Person," aims to help elderly and disabled people in nursing homes live on their own. But many states are having trouble finding affordable housing, and fewer than 6,000 people have moved.

Recently diagnosed with breast cancer and no longer covered by her school's health insurance, Erica Rex married her British fiance Roger Greenhalgh and moved to England in order to get the care she needed.

Democrats get new momentum from House passage of a health care bill, but face new tests in bridging differences within the party — and between the chambers — on cost, financing and coverage.

Despite its reputation as a lifesaver, for the elderly and medically frail, CPR may cause more harm than good. It's why many doctors opt not to receive it themselves.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington reopens on Oct. 21 after a two-year, $70-million renovation as a "megaphone" for equity.

The album You and I, due in March, is made up of songs recorded in Buckley's very first studio sessions after signing to Columbia Records, and displays the singer's wide range of influences.

Authorities said that the shooting suspect mailed letters to University of Nevada, Las Vegas employees across the country and that at least one letter contained a harmless unidentified white powder.

The chicken-size sage grouse is as much a part of America's Western range as antelopes and cowboys. The birds nest beneath sagebrush, and as it disappears, so do the grouse. Biologists hope to protect the bird without starting a 21st century range war.

Rates are so bad in Native American communities that public health experts have asked the federal government to declare an emergency. Inadequate prenatal care may be partly to blame.