A doctor discusses a medical report with nurses in a hospital hallway. Amid a critical shortage of physicians throughout the U.S. and an increase in the number of nurse practitioners with doctorates, ...

If you’ve ever been stuck in a waiting room, staring at a clock and counting the ceiling tiles, you know how frustrating it can be to see a doctor. Wisconsin’s healthcare system has long been ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It may no longer be acceptable for parents to give school nurses permission to give over-the-counter medicine for a stomach ache or headache without a doctor’s note. “The Board of ...

California nurses with doctorates do not have the right to call themselves doctors, a federal court ruled, upholding a state law that regulates what titles health professionals can use in ...