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‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

Texas Teachers Now Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccination

The Biden administration sent all states notice to change the vaccine categories. Texas vaccine providers may now vaccinate teachers and childcare workers

How a Breast Cancer Patient’s Strength Inspires Her Doctor

She was 34 years old when we discovered her breast cancer. Ten years earlier, I delivered her baby. I watched her grow up. She...

Allyson Ocean, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine

Allyson Ocean, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine is one of the leading lights in cancer patient support and education for Intestinal cancers