Health Care

Air in New York’s subway systems is highly polluted, NYU study shows

The NYU researchers believe that many of the pollutants in the subway systems they studied are related to steel dust created by the grinding of train wheels against rails, carbon dust that emanates from a part of a train that touches the third rail and diesel soot emissions from maintenance locomotives.

COVID-19 spurs luxury medical concierge services across the country

In the age of COVID-19, house calls from private medical concierge services are catching on nationwide, but extra tender loving care from an around-the-clock doctor — such as virtual doctor visits with same-day availability — is the new very expensive luxury.

Ted Cruz, Chip Roy introduce health care bills to improve HSAs, cut FDA red tape

Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Chip Roy on Tuesday introduced two health care bills in their respective chambers aimed at expanding Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and cutting red tape at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- moves that they say would increase Americans' flexibility on how to plan for their health expenses and help get life-saving drugs to market faster.