Officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted approval to the first intraocular lens (IOL) that offers extended depth of focus for patients with cataracts.

Dr. Jonathan Solomon recently discussed how lupus affects eye health with the Lupus Foundation of America.

Several national health groups recently sent a letter encouraging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, to offer Americans mental health reforms.

Officials with the Amaranth Diabetes Foundation (ADF), which is the philanthropic charity of the Order of the Amaranth, recently reached $15 million in donations to the American Diabetes Association Research Foundation since starting in 1979.

Officials with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation recently announced the winners of the Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute program.

Leaders with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the launch of its new initiative, called 'From Coverage to Care: A Roadmap to Better Care and a Healthier You.'

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) recently informed the Lupus Foundation of America that there is a new grant to improve the rate of minority participants involved in lupus clinical trials.

Leaders with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently praised the progress that has been made in Medicare coverage for diabetics, signaling advancements for the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP).

Officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted approval to the world’s first fully absorbable stent for patients with coronary artery disease.

Public health recently won over big tobacco in Uruguay, where Philip Morris International, a giant in the tobacco industry, attempted to sue Uruguay for its proposed tobacco control policies.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently formed a team of program managers and scientists to find the best practical application approaches for reducing HIV transmissions from mothers to their children.

A recent laboratory study shows that health professionals can bypass re-establishing DNA damage repair within mutated breast cancer cells by acquiring drug resistance to chemotherapy.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a review of the national distributions of the United States' Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, using patients’ experience and feedback for the rating system.

One by one, the Obamacare health insurance co-ops have gone belly-up: 16 of the 23 original Obamacare co-ops have failed, with 13 of them collapsing since last September, costing taxpayers over 1.5 billion.

INC Research Holdings Inc., a leading contract research organization, has partnered with the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), a nonprofit focused on including patients and the public in clinical research, to improve awareness of clinical trials.

Leaders with the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) recently held their quarterly meeting to exchange new information and discuss how to improve support for adults and college students, among other issues.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) recently announced that is has launched 'Engagement: A New Standard for Mental Health Care,' which is the latest report seeking to help people with mental health conditions as well as their families.

Oregon officials recently announced that a second Obamacare co-op in the state, called Oregon’s Health CO-OP, is failing and will leave approximately 40,000 participants without health insurance coverage.

Rod Carew, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, has joined the American Heart Association (AHA) in the fight against heart disease in the U.S.

Toni Hoy recently received the 2016 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Outstanding Member award at the 2016 NAMI National Convention, where she discussed the importance of mental health in the U.S.