As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, an ever-changing and improving environment of options becomes available to anyone in need of medical expertise. When it comes time to seek out such ...

When Theresa Barr woke up with a bad cough one morning recently, she and her husband Kenneth went directly to an urgent care — something they couldn’t have done ten years ago, before urgent cares ...

Suffering stomach pain, a Dallas man visited what he thought was an urgent care clinic — and got a bill 10 times what he’d expected. Sponsor Message A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: It's time for our June Bill of ...

Not sure how to handle an after-hours illness or injury? ER doctors share what to expect at the emergency room and when to ...

One evening last December, Tieqiao Zhang felt severe stomach pain. After it subsided later that night, he thought it might be food poisoning. When the pain returned the next morning, Zhang realized ...

In recent years, the landscape of health care has evolved, with many urgent care clinics popping up and filling a gap between traditional doctor-led primary care and conventional emergency room care.

DALLAS Lisa Harvell still can't believe the bill... and the anger it provokes. She said a recurrent shingles rash prompted her to seek medical care a few months ago. An empty parking lot at a First ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The boom in urgent care centers in the past few years has given Americans a new option in medical care. But for parents, it may have created a dilemma - when when does my child ...

You should generally go to the emergency room if you believe you are experiencing a life-threatening injury or illness, and you should call 911 to request an ambulance to take you to the nearest ...

WATCH: Your choice could have a big impact on your wallet. Consumer advocacy reporter Sean P. Murphy breaks down the difference based on his experience. Three months ago, I got out of bed, took two ...

Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an expensive emergency room, choosing an urgent care clinic ...

You broke a finger. Or suffered a gash that requires stitches. Or have a nasty rash. In the past, these maladies might have necessitated a trip to the emergency room. Now, increasingly across New ...