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Watch this video to see how private insurers such as UnitedHealth can use a standard medical coding system to increase Medicare Advantage profits.

To bridge rural health care gaps, specialists turn to telehealth solutions. Here’s part three of a special documentary series from STAT.

Rural training programs provide a much-needed supply of doctors to critically underserved rural communities.

“Treating Rural America: The last doctor in town” looks at physician shortages, hospital closures, and how rural doctors juggle multiple health care roles.

In this video, learn about how fentanyl test strips work, how they can reduce harm from drug use, and why they are controversial in many parts of the country.

Honest Rx operates like any other pharmacy in the United States — with one big exception. It does not accept health insurance.

Ectopic pregnancies can only be treated by termination, but care for this life-threatening pregnancy complication has become more fraught after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant.

As an outbreak grows, what is monkeypox and how does it spread? Watch this short explainer.

The social media channels of this federal agency look more like meme accounts than ones for public health, using silly characters and offbeat graphics to disseminate sobering safety messages. STAT got an inside look into the process.