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  Death and taxes are the two things we've been told are certain, but so too is flu season, according to Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and health policy and infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

One issue consistently at the top of issues important to voters heading into the 2020 general election is health care. 

By now, many of us have encountered headlines about poor oversight, abuse or profiteering at nursing homes across the country. 

A new study published in the journal Nature Microbiology finds that researchers in California may have used a unique tactic to discover what might become a cure for the common cold. 

Three policy proposals under consideration would produce different results, according to a new perspective published by Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy and Ingram associate professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

North Carolina will transition its Medicaid program to five managed care plans in 2019, a model that's been in place for years in innovator states like Tennessee and Ohio. So as the state manages this change, what can they learn from the states that have been down the path before?

In June, the Centers for Disease Control issued new guidelines about the vaccination for a variety of conditions, among them the pneumococcal vaccine.

As many as 650,000 people die around the world each year due to the seasonal influenza virus. That’s roughly as many people that would fit in 10 NFL football stadiums on game day.

Modernizing health records by making them electronic has gained momentum as technology evolves and policies push health care toward digital solutions. But the same trend has not been evident for physicians who remain in private practice, new research finds.