On a party-line vote, Alabama lawmakers passed a bill in committee that would allow cross-checks to SNAP and Medicaid.

A crackdown on the state’s food assistance program could be coming for some Alabamians. A bill is being debated in the ...

An Alabama Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency and Department of Human ...

A proposed constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights cleared the Virginia General Assembly last week. The issue will go before voters in November. Virginia currently allows abortion ...

Are robots really going to do ultrasounds in Alabama? During a health care roundtable at the White House on Friday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, ...

The abortion provider and advocacy group is facing a funding crisis. Many critics blame the organization itself.

It’s just the next legislative step, but a bipartisan coalition of U.S. House members voted to advance a bill to extend subsidies connected to the Affordable Care Act. Nine Republican joined the ...

Alabama women's basketball stayed in the same spot in the polls following its first loss of the season. In the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll on Tuesday, Jan, 6, the Crimson Tide (15-1) found ...

When hospitalized for COVID-19, pregnant women—and their eventual newborn children—have a higher risk of complications, according to a Michigan Medicine study. The research, conducted between early ...

Alabama women's basketball starts the new year and a new slate on the road at South Carolina. After going 14-0 in nonconference play, marking the best start in program history, the Crimson Tide opens ...

South Carolina women's basketball begins conference play by hosting unbeaten Alabama on Jan. 1. The Gamecocks (13-1) stomped Providence 96-55 on Dec. 28 ahead of the SEC opener. Alabama (14-0) eased ...