With experts recommending exclusive breastfeeding for infants until at least 6 months, some states have looked to make donor milk more accessible through legislation.

Held on the third Thursday of every November, National Rural Health Day aims to engage policymakers, program funders, practitioners and others by inspiring action, drawing attention to the unique challenges facing rural communities and promoting...

Open enrollment, which starts Nov. 1, is the annual period when people can enroll in a health insurance plan for the next calendar year. Individuals, families and small businesses may sign up for a new plan, change their current...

About half the states require flu vaccines for employees of nursing homes and long-term care facilities or for those who have direct contact with residents.

Provider orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) are a set of portable medical orders that allow seriously ill or frail people to communicate their end-of-life care wishes to health care facilities and providers. At least 37 states authorize...

As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged health systems across the nation, states focused both on serving millions of new Medicaid enrollees and on applying cost controls.