Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) formally released the committee's health systems reform bill.

The number of people without health insurance coverage rose from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008.

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), last week held an open forum with constituents.

Next week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will host an open door forum addressing the H1N1 virus.

Six key members of the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 8 released a preliminary draft framework for health care reform.

President Obama outlined to a joint session of Congress his proposal for reforming the U.S. health care system.

The NIDDK and the NHLBI announced a call for applications for a new research program involving sleep diseases.

Daniel Schultz, who led FDA's medical device division for five years, said Tuesday he will step down from his position.

False claims about some provisions in the health reform legislation are being spread by opponents in an attempt to derail reform legislation.

North Carolina House Bill 819 (HB 819), the Polysomnography Practice Act, was signed by Governor Bev Perdue on Friday, August 7.