Healthcare

U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.

RSV, flu, cold, COVID-19 and now a lingering cough are spreading across the D.C. area, and doctors say getting over-the-counter medicine to ease the symptoms could require some planning.

Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in the D.C. region, and tens of thousands more across the nation, went out on strike Wednesday morning at hospitals across the U.S. amid ongoing labor negotiations.

Festivals are great fun until your hearing is affected. Over time, listening to loud music can cause hearing loss. Dr. Melissa Heche, a hearing and speech pathologist, spoke to FOX 5 on how your hearing can be negatively impacted when exposed to music set at a high volume.

As temperature rises during the summer, doctors state that we must care for our health, skin, and hair. However, like our skin and health undergo immense pressure during the summer, so do our eyes. 

Maryland officials are preparing for as many as 80,000 residents who could no longer qualify for Medicaid coverage this spring, as the federal government reinstates a requirement that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic for states to verify the eligibility of recipients.

Not Florida, or Arizona, or San Diego - but Virginia is considered one of the best places to retire for seniors (but not for the weather).

Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand use of Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid.

A new Maryland bill would criminalize threats against health care workers.

More than 50 groups representing millions of healthcare workers signed onto a letter Monday calling for vaccine mandates among doctors, nurses, and others in the medical field.

Former University of Maryland gymnast, Alexandra Robinson, has primary lymphedema, but she's not letting it stop her from pursuing her goals. She's planning to undergo multiple surgeries that will help lead to a more normal life for her.

A more conservative Supreme Court appears unwilling to do what Republicans have long desired: kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for pre-existing health conditions and subsidized insurance premiums that affect tens of millions of Americans.

Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system. Independent security experts say it has already hobbled at least four U.S. hospitals this month, and could potentially impact hundreds more.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden says Senate Democrats should make health care the focus of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, not the conservative judge’s Catholic faith.

Imagine being in your first year as an emergency room nurse and COVID-19 happens. That was the case for Virginia Walker in Loudoun County. 

Imagine if your job was to treat people with a disease that’s highly contagious, hidden, and deadly – and still being grateful to go to work.