The Affordable Care Act and other U.S. laws sought to put insurance coverage for mental health conditions on equal footing with coverage for physical conditions. But patients say that's not happening.

The Hyde Amendment is a 43-year-old law that prohibits taxpayer-supported health care programs from using federal funds for abortions.

Joining Boston Public Radio to weigh in was Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts.

Our readers weigh in on volunteer missions, where Western medical workers spent a short time in a poor country providing free care.

After passing one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation, the state of Missouri was poised to lose its only abortion clinic.

With hours to go before the expiration of a state license that allows a Missouri health center to perform abortions, clinics across state lines say they are preparing for an influx of patients.

In the 1980s, ACT UP demanded action from the U.S. government and got results with drama. AIDS activists today have fresh tactics for their new goal: a more affordable HIV prevention pill.

Six other states have recently passed laws banning abortions. When Louisiana's bill becomes law, it will join four other states in which abortions are barred when a heartbeat is detectable.

She was born prematurely at 23 weeks of gestation weighing about as much as a large apple.

More than half of Americans contacted about an overdue bill said it related to medical debt. Some consumer advocates say newly proposed limits on debt collectors don't do enough.