Health

Employers turn to workers to help slow health cost growth

A growing number of U.S. workers are covered by health insurance that sticks them with a bigger share of the medical bill but also softens that blow by providing a special account to help with the expense.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Poll: Half of Americans wary of travel to US Zika zones

Nearly half of Americans polled say they are wary of traveling to places in the U.S. where people have been infected with the Zika virus by mosquitoes, such as parts of Florida.

HIV & AIDS

AIDS summit ends with call for more funding (Update)

The International Aids Conference in South Africa wrapped up Friday with calls for increased funding as the search for a cure continues and with HIV infections running at around 2.5 million a year.

Health

New evidence shows Affordable Care Act is working in Texas

The percentage of Texans without health insurance has dropped by 30 percent since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect, cutting the state's uninsured rate below 1999 levels. That's one of the conclusions of a new ...

Health

Down to the wire on Obamacare sign-ups

(HealthDay)—Health officials are urging Americans considering an Obamacare health plan for 2016 to act quickly to snag coverage and avoid rising penalties for remaining uninsured.

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