Medical economics

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has canceled its plans to help Texas schools stop the rapid spread of measles.

An analytics-driven “decision framework” that accounts for the socioeconomic and demographic factors of patients can promote more equitable health care delivery and potentially improve chronic disease care outcomes, according to new research co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign business scholar who studies technology adoption in health care. The study is published in the Journal of Operations Management.

Colonoscopy for younger adults. Chest CT scans for lung cancer. Statin meds to lower cholesterol. Screening for drug addiction.

Who will care for your aging relatives when you can’t? It’s a question that many families in Europe are having to answer, as demographic changes caused by Europe’s aging populations become more deeply embedded.

For someone with heart failure, very high blood pressure, or severe COVID-19, going home from the hospital can feel like falling off a cliff.

The ability to have an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider by video visit or telephone call has improved access to care for people with low incomes in Michigan’s Medicaid expansion program, a new University of Michigan study finds.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of adopting the world’s first binding international agreement focused on pandemic prevention. This landmark development, schedule for potential ratification at the 78th World Health Assembly in May 2025, adopts a crucial One Health approach, emphasizing the global need to curb pandemic risks at the human-animal-environment interface. Dr. Raina Plowright, Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor of Veterinary Medicine, along with colleagues on The Lancet Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover, published their comment piece on the agreement in The Lancet on April 3.

When today’s older adults were growing up, the only way to get information to your doctor or their clinic was a phone call. And getting more than a simple answer probably meant going in for an appointment.

The longtime leader of a federal health program for 9/11 survivors and first responders has been fired, worrying many advocates and lawmakers.

Hundreds of U.S. research projects aimed at boosting vaccine confidence have been shut down—just as preventable diseases like measles and flu are on the rise.