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The deal would allow J&J to resolve the lawsuits through a third bankruptcy filing of a subsidiary company, LTL Management. 

A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.

An inquiry by the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee into ER care centers on three of the nation’s largest private-equity firms.

Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States.

DC Links, Inc. is hosting an opportunity for you and your family to access free health screenings. 

Doctors around the country say insurers are making it harder to get coverage for home ventilators that patients with serious illnesses need as their lungs fail. They say patients often must struggle first with less-effective — and cheaper — devices before some plans will pay for noninvasive ventilators.

Lifesaving technology, CT scanners, MRIs and heart monitors can all be targets for cyber criminals. Hackers are targeting hospitals at alarming rates, with 6 in 10 health care companies hit by ransomware attacks in the past year. Cyber criminals can hijack a hospital’s operating system, preventing access to data until a ransom is paid, paralyzing hospital systems for days. “When…

Medical professionals are sounding an alarm amid an increase in hospital attacks by cyber criminals. News4’s Susan Hogan looks at what they’re after and how hospitals are responding.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was first observed 25 years ago today to acknowledge how the disease disproportionately affects Black people. Human Rights Campaign HIV and Health Equity Director Torrian Baskerville spoke with News4 about the issue.

District residents can sign up for a new health insurance plan on DC Health Link through Wednesday. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on what to know ahead of the deadline.

Black Americans face persistent health care disparities, and whether patients identify with their health care providers plays a part. News4’s Derrick Ward shows how Howard University is hoping to break barriers through its pharmacy program.

VHC Health in Arlington is the latest hospital to design a center specifically for its female patients. The Charlotte Stump Benjamin Center for Women’s Health has opened its doors and will address the needs of women from pregnancy to parenthood and beyond.

The new center at VHC Health is part of a growing national trend, where hospitals design centers specifically for their female patients. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care.

Supply problems and insurance complications have made it difficult for many patients to start and stay on new prescription medications used to treat obesity.

The new plan is designed to deal with a shortage of healthcare workers in schools — but the DC Nurses Association says they’re concerned about its impact on students. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Some nurses and parents are unhappy with the new model put into place by DC Public Schools to try and deal with a shortage of healthcare workers.

D.C. Public Schools now has one nurse for every four schools, rather than one registered nurse at each school. News4’s Joseph Olmo explains why nurses and parents are concerned by the change.

An association that lobbies for health care facilities says President Joe Biden’s decision to require nursing homes to comply with federal rules on staffing levels will cost them billions of dollars.

Whitman-Walker Health’s new Max Robinson Center will provide physical, emotional and dental healthcare to the community.