Without health care and social assistance jobs, the U.S. labor market would have seen a plummet of about 570,000 jobs in 2025 ...

Healthcare and social assistance professions added 693,000 jobs in 2025. Without those gains, the U.S. economy would have ...

The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of easing unemployment, that number crept up ...

If the labor market this year resembles last year’s, health care would again account for most of the job growth in the ...

The latest U.S. jobs report might suggest healthcare is a growth engine in an otherwise slowing labor market. A closer look reveals something more troubling.

Health care, typically a sector with strong and steady net job growth, suffered a setback in February due to a major ...

The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025. That's largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older adults ...

The field does have advantages for workers. Health care jobs are everywhere — rural and urban; in hospitals, neighborhood ...

New data shows healthcare employment fell by 28,000 in February as labor unrest intensified, prompting hospital leaders to ...

The healthcare sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation's employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts ...