Doctors

"Matching" with a residency program is like a game of musical chairs, with more medical school grads than residency slots.

Eight percent of doctors have closed their practices because of COVID-19, and a quarter are considering retiring early.

Over 100,000 new coronavirus cases were recorded every day for more than a week, and hospitalizations around the country reached a record high on Tuesday.

For physician Scott Anzalone of Ohio, the scariest part of the outbreak isn't the illness.

Ninety-four percent of practicing thoracic surgeons are men — and that’s an improvement on recent years.

It's "really about returning excess profits," a Kaiser Family Foundation executive says.

Drug companies can get creative with doctor incentives, and that can be problematic.

Getting the right health care once you outgrow your pediatrician can be tricky if you have a disability.

Demand for health care workers for seniors is far outpacing the supply right now. Throw more immigration curbs on top of that, and the problem just gets worse.

One reason for the interest in a more empathetic clinical staff stems from the fact that hospitals and physicians, increasingly, have financial incentives to keep patients out of the hospital.