Browsing: Healthy News

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his…

In response to abrupt and politicized changes to federal vaccine policy, concerned Coloradans have taken several steps to shore up…

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Two state transportation workers were replacing a sign on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 6 in…

Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining…

In 1996, Guinea-Bissau seemed like an ideal research post for budding pediatrician Lone Graff Stensballe. Her supervisor, a fellow Dane…

Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling…

President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster…

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science…

Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy…

Minnesota lawmakers are wrestling with how to sustain the state’s financially distressed hospitals while patients confront growing medical debt. One…

The FDA’s recent decision to withhold approval of a new skin cancer treatment fell like a hammer on doctors who…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is caught between his Make America Healthy Again supporters who want…

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — In a midwife’s suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay…

Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step…

Following a recent outbreak of the deadly hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, KFF Health News editor-at-large and infectious…

Paul Boyer, a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is experiencing the AI revolution firsthand. He’s a little underwhelmed.…

TOLEDO, Ohio — The little boy, dressed in a Toy Story sweatshirt, wrapped himself around the nation’s health secretary. “What…

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline…

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Cori Roberts was living in a rented basement four years ago when she was diagnosed with…

Hospital food rarely draws rave reviews. But efforts by the Trump administration to get hospitals to ditch unhealthy fare are…

Privacy between doctors and patients is protected by law. But the Trump administration is, in effect, trying to peek into…

When Gavin Newsom ran for California governor in 2018, his support for a state-run single-payer healthcare system was considered a…