Catholic leaders have formally banned their hospitals from providing gender-affirming care to transgender patients, following a Wednesday vote at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Catholic hospitals, which represent a growing share of health care in the United States, prohibit staff from providing many common reproductive health services, including ones related to sterilization ...

Washington, D.C. — By 2020, at least 1 in 6 U.S. hospital beds were located in Catholic hospitals. While consolidation has been increasing in American health care, Catholic health care providers are ...

A new ACLU suit will challenge the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops over its abortion-restricting directives governing patient care at the nation's Catholic hospitals. The suit argues that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, Calif. (Google Maps) A California woman is suing Dignity Health, alleging two ...

BALTIMORE (RNS) — The nurses had hoped this would be the year the U.S. Catholic bishops would listen to their concerns about hospital understaffing that they say lowers standards of care and makes ...

ST. LOUIS — Transgender people across St. Louis may now not be able to access gender-affirming care at some of the region's largest hospitals. Bishops from across the U.S. overwhelmingly voted on ...

Catholic Health’s St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown, N.Y., has appointed two leaders to its executive team. Christopher Nelson was appointed president and Elizabeth McNulty, DNP, RN, the ...