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 pose a threat to future job growth. “On the labor ...

The U.S. health care workforce has bounced back from the massive job losses of early 2020, with employment now matching pre-pandemic projections, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The recovery, however, is uneven with some health ...

Health care added about 232,000 jobs Jan–Aug 2025, driving 48% of national employment gains. Immigration crackdowns threaten supply of foreign-born clinicians and home health aides nationwide. Medicaid cuts (~$910B over 10 years) could reduce coverage ...

The researchers found that health care employment decreased by 6.9% between 2019 and 2020, relative to predicted levels in absence of the pandemic, later increasing to 0.2% below predicted levels in 2024. HealthDay News — Health care employment growth ...

Later this week, there will be several data points about how the labor market is doing. The jobs report, with the unemployment rate, comes out on Friday. Wednesday, though, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for the month of July. The headline ...

Respiratory Therapist: one of the fastest-rising allied-health jobs, reflecting chronic-care and post-COVID demand. Dietitian and Clinical Nutrition Manager: preventive health and chronic-disease management are boosting nutrition roles. Radiology & Imaging Technologists — includes CT, MRI, and X-ray technicians.

The country's biggest government-run health system is about to shrink for the second time this year—mostly on paper, but with real-world worries attached. The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to wipe out up to 35,

Hospitals are desperate to fill a middle-class health care job that only requires candidates to graduate from a certificate program — the issue is nobody’s heard of it. Sterile processing technicians maintain the hygiene and safety of medical ...