WASHINGTON — It’s not unusual for a 20-something to text Mom in a panic from the doctor’s office, seeking help answering a question. And patients of any age can struggle to recall all their medicines ...

Junior doctors went on strike for five days in the run-up to Christmas - Andy Rain/EPA/Shutterstock Hospitals went ahead with almost 95 per cent of operations and appointments despite the latest ...

The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday suspended the 31-year-old doctor who allegedly assaulted a patient inside a hospital ward in Shimla, an official said. In a screenshot from a viral video, a ...

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Wes Streeting blasts BMA for continuing with doctor's strike during flu season Despite a five-day strike by almost 2,000 doctors in December, the majority of hospital appointments proceeded as planned ...

A family doctor who faked medical appointments at work so she would not be late for the afternoon school run has been suspended from treating patients. Dr Helen Eisenhauer, 43, feared last-minute ...

Healthcare didn't become confusing overnight. It got there slowly, buried under paperwork, billing codes, and middlemen most patients never asked for. That frustration is what Mark Cuban, the ...

Health service boss Sir Jim Mackey has paid tribute to NHS staff who battled through doctors' strikes before Christmas to maintain 95% of planned care. The British Medical Association's five-day ...

Dear Annie: I previously worked with a woman, “Loretta,” who I’ve maintained a relationship with for over 20 years. We were never close, meeting-for-lunch type friends — more of a talk-once-a-month ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said he hoped to reach communities that had been left out of the process. By Jeffery C. Mays Behind Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s stunning electoral victory was a grass roots ...

A top appointee to New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s incoming administration on Dec. 18 resigned over resurfaced antisemitic social media posts. A day earlier, Catherine Almonte Da Costa had been ...