health care

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill that joins the state into a licensing compact for physician assistants.

A new study found Oklahoma’s health care systems are performing poorly among people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Almost half of Oklahoma's rural hospitals are at risk of shutting down, according to a new report from a national health policy group.

Following multiple successful union elections last year, Oklahoma City Starbucks workers are still waiting on contracts. Access to gender-affirming care is one of their top priorities.

Oklahoma has the federal sign off it needs to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage. The policy is expected to help bring down the state’s high maternal mortality rate.

The Oklahoma Legislature took another step toward banning gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth Wednesday.

The federal government is rolling back some Medicaid policies that kept hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans covered throughout the pandemic.

The rate of babies born with syphilus is on the rise. Oklahoma lawmakers are looking to combat that.

The Stitt Administration has worked to usher in managed care, a model that brings insurance companies in to manage members’ health coverage. It is expected to launch in April 2024.

And they say the pandemic has made it worse. One nationwide survey of nurses found 44 percent of theme experienced physical abuse on the job in early 2020.